Heterochyta tetracentra

Heterochyta tetracentra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Heterochyta
Species:	H. tetracentra
Binomial name
	Heterochyta tetracentra; (Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
	Heterobathra tetracentraMeyrick, 1906;

Last updated November 11, 2022

Heterochyta tetracentra is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Australia,^[1] where it has been recorded from Western Australia.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are whitish fuscous densely irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous and with rather large roundish spots of dark fuscous suffusion in the disc at two-fifths and two-thirds, as well as a patch beneath the middle of the disc between these appearing pale through obsolescence of dark fuscous irroration. The hindwings are fuscous.^[2]

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References

↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (6 January 2014). "Heterochyta tetracentra (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
↑ McMillan, Ian (30 July 2010). "Heterochyta". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (6 January 2014). "Heterochyta tetracentra (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[2] McMillan, Ian (30 July 2010). "Heterochyta". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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