Xylorycta emarginata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1900. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Xylorycta |
Species: | X. emarginata
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Binomial name | |
Xylorycta emarginata (T. P. Lucas, 1900)
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The wingspan is about 14 mm. There is a broad white band on the costal border of the forewings, from the base to and attenuating towards two-thirds of the costa. A second white band commences just below, opposite the apical end of the first runs to the apex and there is a broad fuscous band that separates and encloses these two white bands on the inner border. There is also a small triangular fuscous blotch in the disc, and two linear spots opposite the ends of these white bands. There is also a pale suffusion along the disc, and a conspicuous fuscous blotch before the anal angle, as well as a suffusion of fuscous along the inner margin and an oblique hindmarginal line of the same colour bordered on either side with white lines. The hindwings are pale fuscous drab.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (28 August 2014). "Xylorycta emarginata (Lucas, 1900)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ McMillan, Ian (30 June 2010). "Xylorycta emarginata (T.P. Lucas, 1900)". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 14 July 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.