Species Oxycanus niphadias (Meyrick, 1890)
- Porina niphadias Meyrick, E. 1890. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 4(4): 1117-1216 [year of publication not confirmed] [1122].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (Meyrick (1890) gave the type locality as "Mt Lofty, SA" but according to Tindale (1935) it should have been Balhannah, SA), Balhannah, SA.Type locality references:
Tindale, N.B. 1935. Revision of the Australian ghost moths (Lepidoptera, Homoneura, Family Hepialidae). Part III. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 275-332 [320].
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
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) |