Eschatura lactea

Eschatura lactea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Eschatura
Species:	E. lactea
Binomial name
	Eschatura lactea; (Turner, 1898)
Synonyms
	Phloeophorba lactea Turner, 1898; Scieropepla nettomorpha Meyrick, 1930;

Eschatura lactea is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Turner in 1898. It is found in Australia,^[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 22–29 mm. The forewings are uniform milky-white, without markings and with a very faint indication of pale fuscous suffusion towards the hindmargin. The hindwings are white with a very faint indication suffusion towards the apex.

The larvae feed on Carya illinoensis. They bore in the stem of their host plant.^[2]

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