Oxycanus janeus Tindale, 1935 Mountain Oxycanus HEPIALIDAE,   HEPIALOIDEA

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

male
(Photo: courtesy of Geoff Wise, Maragle, New South Wales)

The adult moths have brown forewings with a faint pattern, and sometimes with a white spot or white streak on each forewing. The moths have pale brown hindwings and abdomen. The females are paler than the males. The wingspan of the males is about 6 cms. The wingspan of the females is about 8 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Axel Kallies,
Moths of Victoria - Part 6,
Ghost Moths - HEPIALIDAE and Allies,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2015, pp. 32-33.

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. 297, and figs. 53, 67, 68, 69.

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(written 18 December 2016, 6 March 2026)