| Endoxyla sordida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Endoxyla |
| Species: | E. sordida |
| Binomial name | |
| Endoxyla sordida (Rothschild, 1896) | |
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Endoxyla sordida is a moth in the family Cossidae. [1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and Victoria. [2] [3]
Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to describe the habits of an herbivorous animal whose diet consists primarily of wood. The word derives from Greek ξυλοφάγος (xulophagos) "eating wood", from ξύλον "wood" and φαγεῖν "to eat", an ancient Greek name for a kind of a worm-eating bird. Animals feeding only on dead wood are called sapro-xylophagous or saproxylic.
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 Zeuzerinae are a subfamily of the family Cossidae.
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 columbina is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.
Endoxyla coscinophanes is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia and South Australia.
Endoxyla secta is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.
Endoxyla dictyoschema is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and Western Australia.
Endoxyla grisea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Northern Australia.
Endoxyla macleayi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and southern Queensland.
Endoxyla magniguttata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.
Endoxyla nephocosma is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and Northern Australia.
Endoxyla phaeocosma is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Northern Australia.
Endoxyla polyplecta is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Northern Australia.
Endoxyla punctifimbria is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.
Endoxyla tenebrifer is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Endoxyla tigrina is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Endoxyla turneri 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.
