Species Oxycanus australis Walker, 1856
- Oxycanus australis Walker, F. 1856. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 1508-1808 [incl. Index to parts 1-7] [published May 1856] [1574].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂ (Tindale (1935) specified a particular specimen from Walker's syntypes as the type. This is construed as a valid lectotype designation), Tasmania as 'Van Diemen's Land'.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larval foodplant: the late C.G.L. Gooding believed the species was associated with tea-tree, Leptospermum laevigatum (Myrtaceae).
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2017 | 17-Nov-2015 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Jun-2017 | HEPIALIDAE | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Jun-2017 | 08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |