Xylorycta viduata

Xylorycta viduata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.

Xylorycta viduata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Xylorycta
Species:
X. viduata
Binomial name
Xylorycta viduata
(Walker, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Hyponomeuta viduata Walker, 1869

The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are shining slaty cinereous, the forewings with a narrow black subcostal stripe, which extends from the base to rather beyond half the length and with a black point beyond half the length of the stripe and nearer to the interior border than to the costa. There are two elongate black dots on the disc a little beyond the end of the stripe, one behind the other. The exterior border is rounded and extremely oblique.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Xylorycta viduata (Walker, 1869)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  2. Xyloryctine Moths of Australia Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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