| Endoxyla lituratus | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Endoxyla |
| Species: | E. lituratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Endoxyla lituratus | |
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Endoxyla lituratus is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found throughout Australia.
The wingspan is about 70 mm.
The witchetty grub is a term used in Australia for the large, white, wood-eating larvae of several moths. In particular, it applies to the larvae of the cossid moth Endoxyla leucomochla, which feeds on the roots of the witchetty bush that is widespread throughout the Northern Territory and also typically found in parts of Western Australia and South Australia, although it is also found elsewhere throughout Australia.
The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are nocturnal Lepidoptera found worldwide, except the Southeast Asian subfamily Ratardinae, which is mostly active during the day.
The great fruit-eating bat is a bat species found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.
Endoxyla leucomochla is a species of cossid moth endemic to Australia. The larva of the moth is commonly known as the "witchetty grub", and is widely used as bush tucker by Indigenous Australians.
Naso lituratus, the clown unicornfish, orangespined unicornfish, black-finned unicornfish, Pacific orangespined unicornfish, blackfinned unicornfish or stripefaced unicornfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This fish is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
Endoxyla is a genus of fungi within the Boliniaceae family.
Endoxyla encalypti, the wattle goat moth, is an endangered giant moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded along the eastern coast from Queensland through New South Wales and Victoria to Tasmania.
Endoxyla is a genus of moths in the family can be found in South Africa. Cossidae.
Endoxyla acontucha is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia and New Zealand.
Endoxyla affinis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.
Endoxyla amphiplecta is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Endoxyla eluta is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Endoxyla edwardsi is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and Victoria.
Endoxyla cinereus, the giant wood moth, is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia and New Zealand. The species was first described in 1890. A rare contemporary sighting of the moth at a school in Australia garnered notice as an editor's pick among the daily headlines of the New York Times on May 8, 2021.
Endoxyla decorata is a moth in the family Cossidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.
Endoxyla polyploca is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and Northern Australia.
Endoxyla reticulosa is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Endoxyla vittata, the orange-lined wood moth, is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.
Endoxyla zophoplecta is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Northern Australia and Queensland.
