Lichenaula appropinquans

Lichenaula appropinquans is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1901. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.

Lichenaula appropinquans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Lichenaula
Species:	L. appropinquans
Binomial name
Lichenaula appropinquans T. P. Lucas, 1901

The wingspan is 17–23 mm. The forewings are white suffused with grey, and densely irrorated (sprinkled) with blackish-fuscous scales, with blackish-fuscous markings. The costa is narrowly edged with white and a circular dentate black band crosses the wing close to the base, diffused into a broader band along the inner margin, ending in a prominent circular spot at one-fourth of the inner margin. There is a broken band of four diffused spots from halfway the costa to halfway the inner margin, as well as a spot on the costa which is most prominent. A diffused spot is found between the inner marginal spot at one-fourth and the costa and there is also a spot at half. Beyond a row of four spots are two different dots, one over the median vein, and the other close to the inner margin at three-fifths. A costal row of diffused spots subtends a suffusion of grey and fuscous over the centre of the wing, extending to a large pronounced blotch which runs toward the inner margin near the anal angle and a submarginal band does not touch margins. There is also a hindmarginal band of minute diffused dots. The hindwings are smokey grey, lighter towards the base.[2]