Uzucha borealis

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Uzucha borealis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Uzucha
Species:
U. borealis
Binomial name
Uzucha borealis
Turner, 1898

Uzucha borealis 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 Queensland.

The wingspan is about 47 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous brown with a dark reddish-fuscous spot on the base of the costa and a conspicuous reddish-fuscous spot in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are pale ochreous, with the basal third fuscous and the division suffused.

The larvae feed on Eucalyptus platyphylla from within a silken gallery covered by a conspicuous brown web in the bark. [2]

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References

  1. Uzucha borealis. funet.fi. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  2. Xyloryctine Moths of Australia PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .