Oxycanus

Oxycanus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 71 described species found in Australia and New Guinea.

Oxycanus
Oxycanus antipoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Oxycanus Walker, 1855
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Porina Walker, 1856 (preocc.) Gorina Quail, 1899 Goryna Quail, 1899 Paraoxycanus Viette, 1950

Species

• Oxycanus aedisima – Australia
• Oxycanus aegrus – New Guinea
• Oxycanus albostrigata – Australia
• Oxycanus altenai – New Guinea
• Oxycanus antipoda – Tasmania

• Larva feeds on grasses

• Oxycanus armatus – Australia
• Oxycanus atrox – Australia
• Oxycanus aurifex – Australia
• Oxycanus australis – Australia
• Oxycanus ballux – Australia
• Oxycanus barnardi – Australia
• Oxycanus beltista – Australia
• Oxycanus buluwandji – Australia
• Oxycanus byrsa – Australia
• Oxycanus carus – Australia
• Oxycanus determinata – Australia
• Oxycanus diakonoffi – New Guinea
• Oxycanus dirempta – Australia
• Oxycanus discipennis – New Guinea
• Oxycanus dives – New Guinea
• Oxycanus eos – Australia
• Oxycanus fuliginosa – Australia
• Oxycanus gelidus – Australia
• Oxycanus glauerti – Australia
• Oxycanus goldfinchi – Australia
• Oxycanus goodingi – Australia
• Oxycanus hamatus – Australia
• Oxycanus hebe – New Guinea
• Oxycanus hecabe – New Guinea
• Oxycanus herbuloti – New Guinea
• Oxycanus herdus – Australia
• Oxycanus hildae – Australia
• Oxycanus incanus – Australia
• Oxycanus janeus – Australia
• Oxycanus kochi – Australia
• Oxycanus loesus – Australia
• Oxycanus lyelli – Australia
• Oxycanus maculosus – Australia
• Oxycanus mayri – New Guinea
• Oxycanus meeki – New Guinea
• Oxycanus naias – Australia
• Oxycanus nigra – New Guinea
• Oxycanus nigripuncta – New Guinea
• Oxycanus niphadias – Australia
• Oxycanus novaeguineensis – New Guinea
• Oxycanus nuptialis – Australia
• Oxycanus occidentalis – Australia
• Oxycanus oreades – Australia
• Oxycanus oressigenes – Australia
• Oxycanus perditus – Australia
• Oxycanus perplexus – New Guinea
• Oxycanus poeticus – Australia
• Oxycanus postflavida – New Guinea
• Oxycanus postxois – New Guinea
• Oxycanus promiscuus – Australia
• Oxycanus rileyi – Australia
• Oxycanus rosaceus – Australia
• Oxycanus rufescens – Australia
• Oxycanus salmonacea – Australia
• Oxycanus serratus – New Guinea
• Oxycanus sirpus – Australia
• Oxycanus snelleni – New Guinea
• Oxycanus spadix – Australia
• Oxycanus sphragidias – Australia
• Oxycanus stellans – Australia
• Oxycanus subochracea – New Guinea
• Oxycanus subvaria – Australia
• Oxycanus sylvanus – Australia
• Oxycanus tamsi – New Guinea
• Oxycanus thasus – New Guinea
• Oxycanus toxopeusi – New Guinea
• Oxycanus tyres – New Guinea
• Oxycanus xois – New Guinea
• Oxycanus waterhousei – Australia

External links

• Hepialidae genera