| Xylorycta cosmeta | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Xylorycta |
| Species: | X. cosmeta
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| Binomial name | |
| Xylorycta cosmeta
Turner, 1917
| |
Xylorycta cosmeta is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1917. It is found in Australia, [1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is 22–26 mm. The forewings are white with a few fuscous-grey scales and fuscous markings. There is a semicircular blotch on the dorsum before the middle not reaching the middle of the disc and a line from two-thirds of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum, strongly angulated outwards in the middle, dilated on both margins. The hindwings are whitish. [2]
References
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Xyloryctine Moths of Australia
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
| Xylorycta cosmeta | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Xylorycta |
| Species: | X. cosmeta
|
| Binomial name | |
| Xylorycta cosmeta
Turner, 1917
| |
Xylorycta cosmeta is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1917. It is found in Australia, [1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is 22–26 mm. The forewings are white with a few fuscous-grey scales and fuscous markings. There is a semicircular blotch on the dorsum before the middle not reaching the middle of the disc and a line from two-thirds of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum, strongly angulated outwards in the middle, dilated on both margins. The hindwings are whitish. [2]
References
- ^ funet.fi
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Xyloryctine Moths of Australia This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.