Oxycanus armatus Tindale, 1955 HEPIALIDAE,   HEPIALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

male
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Walpole, Western Australia)

The adult male moths of this species have pale brown forewings with numerous dark-edged irregular pale spots. The hindwings of the male are brown, with reddish or yellowish veins. The wingspan of the males is about 7 cms.

The species has been found in :

Western Australia.

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Further reading :

Norman B. Tindale,
Revision of the Australian Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae) Part VI,
Records of the South Australian Museum,
Volume 11 (1955), pp. 341-342, and fig. 25, and also Plate 32, fig. 7.

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(written 7 February 2020)