Oxycanus goodingi

Oxycanus goodingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Oxycanus
Species:	O. goodingi
Binomial name
	Oxycanus goodingi; Tindale, 1935

Last updated September 08, 2025

Oxycanus goodingi is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Australia.^[2]

The larvae feed underground, probably on the roots of Leptospermum scoparium .

References

↑ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
↑ Australian Faunal Directory

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[1] Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.

[2] Australian Faunal Directory

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