Heloxycanus patricki

Taxobox
name = "Heloxycanus patricki"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Hepialidae
genus = "Heloxycanus"
genus_authority = Dugdale, 1994
species = "H. patricki"
binomial = "Heloxycanus patricki"
binomial_authority =

"Heloxycanus patricki" is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae, the only member of the genus "Heloxycanus". The species is named for its discoverer Brian Patrick. It is found in "Sphagnum" and other moss bogs in the southern part of the South Island of New Zealand. Its life cycle runs in two year cycles with peak numbers of adults occurring in odd-numbered years.

External links

* [http://www.sciencebuff.org/genera_and_species.php Hepialidae genera]