Pilostibes embroneta is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1902. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
| Pilostibes embroneta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Pilostibes |
| Species: | P. embroneta
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| Binomial name | |
| Pilostibes embroneta Turner, 1902
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The wingspan is 30–46 mm. The forewings are pale brown, with a very few scattered dark fuscous scales and a broad streak from the base of the costa to beyond the middle of the disc, toothed above at one-third and beneath at two-thirds, white, edged with dark fuscous, the apical third narrow and wholly dark fuscous. The hindwings are whitish, slightly brownish-tinged.
The larvae feed on Callistemon species. They bore in the stem of their host plant.[2]
References
edit- ^ Pilostibes basivitta, Meyrick, 1890. funet.fi. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia
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