Xylomimetes trachyptera is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1900. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Xylomimetes |
| Species: | X. trachyptera
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| Xylomimetes trachyptera (Turner, 1900)
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The wingspan is about 40 mm (1.6 in). The forewings are brown whitish, suffused with reddish brown and fuscous brown, with five or six tufts of raised scales. There is a dark-fuscous oblique mark on the costa at one-fourth and paler fuscous marks on the costa at the middle, three-fourths, and two more between the last and the apex. There is also all ill-defined blackish streak in the disc above the middle, and several fine blackish streaks along the veins in the posterior portion of the disc. The hindwings are brown whitish.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (2 January 2017). "Xylomimetes trachyptera (Turner, 1900)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ McMillan, Ian (30 June 2010). "Xylomimetes Turner, 1916". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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