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Cladoxycanus

Cladoxycanus is a monotypic genus of moths belonging to the family Hepialidae. It consists of only one species, Cladoxycanus minos, which is endemic to New Zealand. C. minos was first described by George Hudson in 1905.

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Cladoxycanus minos
Female (top) and male (bottom)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Cladoxycanus
Dumbleton, 1966
Species:
C. minos
Binomial name
Cladoxycanus minos
(Hudson, 1905)1
Synonyms
  • Porina minos Hudson, 1905
  • Porina autumnata Hudson, 1920

Cladoxycanus is a monotypic genus of moths belonging to the family Hepialidae. It consists of only one species, Cladoxycanus minos, which is endemic to New Zealand.2 C. minos was first described by George Hudson in 1905.3

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References

  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  2. "Cladoxycanus minos (Hudson, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  3. Hudson, George Vernon (1905). "On some new species of macrolepidoptera in New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 37: 355–358 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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