Eusthenica

Eusthenica
	Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Eusthenica; Turner, 1916
Species:	E. treicleiota
Binomial name
	Eusthenica treicleiota; (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
Synonyms
	Daulia treicleiota Bethune-Baker, 1911; Eusthenica megalaucha Turner, 1916[1];

Eusthenica treicleiota is a species of moth in the family Cossidae and the only species in the genus Eusthenica. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911. It is found in Australia,[2] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 26–36 mm. The forewings are whitish-brown, with fuscous-brown fine transverse lines and three fasciae. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eusthenica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
Australian Faunal Directory
New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eusthenica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

[2] Australian Faunal Directory

[3] New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae