Arignota stercorata

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Arignota stercorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Arignota
Species:
A. stercorata
Binomial name
Arignota stercorata
(T. P. Lucas, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Xylorycta stercorataT. P. Lucas, 1894

Arignota stercorata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1894. It is found in Australia, [1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland. It is also found in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is 28–35 mm. The forewings are white, with a number of pale leaden-coloured spots imitative of birds' droppings. There is an acute spot in the centre and a splash tinted with ferrous in the inner angle of the base. A triangular blotch is found at three-fifths of the costa and there are five round spots, the first near the costa at one-eighths, the second obliquely to the first and posterior, the third before the middle in the centre of the wing, the fourth at three-fourths of the wing, the fifth in a line with the fourth but nearer to the costa. Two sharp dots are arranged diagonally with first and second spots and four dots form a rhomboid figure at three-fifths, the two hinder ones tinted with purplish black. There is also an obscure dot on the hindmargin at five-sixths, and another half-way between this and the apex. There are three rows of fine hindmarginal spots. The hindwings are white.

The larvae feed on Elaeocarpus obovatus . They bore in the stem, feeding on leaves it cuts off and attaches at the entrance to the tunnel. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (12 December 2013). "Arignota stercorata (Lucas, 1894)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ↑ McMillan, Ian (11 October 2010). "Arignota Turner, 1898". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2020.


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