Oxycanus occidentalis Tindale, 1935 HEPIALIDAE,   HEPIALOIDEA

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

male
(Photo: courtesy of Mark Hura, Kangaroo Island, South Australia)

The male adult moths of this species have dark brown forewings each with a variable pattern of silvery white markings including a subtermial band and a broken medial band. The hindwings are paler brown with slightly pinkish bases. The antennae are yellowish. The wingspan of the male is about 6 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Wandoo, Western Australia)

All four wings of the females are plain fawn, except for two circular lacunae in each forewing. The wingspan of the female is about 8 cms.

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

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 III,
Records of the South Australian Museum,
Volume 5 (1935), p. 312, and figs. 38, 92, 93.

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(written 21 May 2018, updated 3 July 2021)