Heterochyta pyrotypa is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Ian Francis Bell Common in 1996. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Heterochyta |
| Species: | H. pyrotypa
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| Heterochyta pyrotypa Common, 1996
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The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, finely dusted with black and with an orange-red spot at the end of the cell. There is a hindmarginal row of black dots, continued around the apex to the costa. The hindwings are greyish fuscous.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Heterochyta pyrotypa Common, 1996". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia
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