Xylorycta viduata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Xylorycta |
| Species: | X. viduata
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| Xylorycta viduata (Walker, 1869)
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The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are shining slaty cinereous, the forewings with a narrow black subcostal stripe, which extends from the base to rather beyond half the length and with a black point beyond half the length of the stripe and nearer to the interior border than to the costa. There are two elongate black dots on the disc a little beyond the end of the stripe, one behind the other. The exterior border is rounded and extremely oblique.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Xylorycta viduata (Walker, 1869)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia
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