Oxycanus sphragidias (Meyrick, 1890) Tasmanian Oxycanus (formerly known as Porina sphragidias) HEPIALIDAE,   HEPIALOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)

The adult moths of this species have chocolate-brown forewings. each with a variable patchy pattern including reddish curly lines.

(Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)

The hindwings are brown with obscure markings which are clearer near the costas. The wingspan is about 6 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Tasmania.

head close-up
(Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. III,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), pp. 1123-1124, No. 9.

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(written 1 July 2019)