Brachybelistis neomorpha | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Brachybelistis |
Species: | B. neomorpha |
Binomial name | |
Brachybelistis neomorpha (Turner, 1898) | |
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Brachybelistis neomorpha is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Turner in 1898. It is found in Australia, [1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.
The wingspan is about 25 mm for males and 34 mm for females. The forewings are whitish-grey with a pale-orange line along the costa and a large blotch in the disc, extending to the inner margin, but not to the costa, irrorated more or less densely with reddish-brown scales. In this are two elongate pale-orange spots at two-fifths and three-fifths of the disc. A third similar spot is found on the fold obliquely below the first, sometimes obsolete. The hindwings are dark fuscous. [2]