Oxycanus hamatus Tindale, 1935 HEPIALIDAE,   HEPIALOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths have brown forewings, each with a variable pattern of dark spots. The hindwings are yellow or brown, with red hairs at the base. The wingspan of the females is about 10 cms. The wingspan of the males is about 8 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, New South Wales)

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, New South Wales)

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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), pp. 307-308, and figs. 34, 84, 85.

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(written 7 July 2022)