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

Oxycanus loesus
male
(Photo: courtesy of Axel Kallies, Moths of Victoria: Part 6)

The adult moths of this species have yellow wings shading to pink at the bases. The forewings each have a grey costa. The females are similar to the males. The wingspan of the males is about 7 cms. The wingspan of the females is about 9 cms.

The species has been found in :

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    Axel Kallies,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 6,
    Ghost Moths - HEPIALIDAE and Allies    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2015, pp. 28-29.

    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. 311, and figs. 37, 90, 91.

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    (written 19 December 2016)