Oxycanus naias Tindale, 1935 HEPIALIDAE,   HEPIALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Aila Keto, Springbrook, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have grey-brown forewings with variable patterns of vague pale patches and white spots. The hindwings are plain brown. The wingspan is about 10 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Aila Keto, Springbrook, Queensland)

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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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. 303, and figs. 30, 79.

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(written 19 October 2019, updated 28 April 2025)