Oxycanus ballux Tindale, 1935
HEPIALIDAE,   HEPIALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Oxycanus ballux
male, digitally coloured monochrome grey-scale drawing by R.A. Veale, in Norman B. Tindale
,
Revision of the Australian Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae) Part III,
Records of the South Australian Museum, Volume 5 (1935), p. 302, fig. 77,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by South Australian Museum.

The adult male moths have yellow-brown wings with yellow markings on the forewings. The hindwings are dark brown, each with a yellow costa. The wingspan of the males is about 9 cms.

The species has been found in :

  • New South Wales.


    Further reading :

    Norman B. Tindale,
    Revision of the Australian Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae) Part III,
    Records of the South Australian Museum,
    Volume 5 (1935), p. 302, and figs. 28, 77.


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    (written 29 December 2016, updated 3 April 2020)