Xylorycta heliomacula

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Xylorycta heliomacula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Xylorycta
Species:
X. heliomacula
Binomial name
Xylorycta heliomacula
(Lower, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Telecrates heliomaculaLower, 1894

Xylorycta heliomacula is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia, [1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory. [2]

The wingspan is about 27 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, purple shining and with yellow markings. There is an elongate spot immediately beneath the costa at one-third and an irregular quadrate spot immediately beneath on the inner margin before the middle, as well as a large irregular ovate spot just before the apex, beneath which is a smaller spot suffused with three or four lines of ground colour. The hindwings are orange yellow with a narrow fuscous hindmarginal band, broadest at the anal angle.

The larvae feed on Amyema species and Grevillea striata . They bore in the stem of their host plant. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (28 August 2014). "Xylorycta heliomacula (Lower, 1894)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (21 August 2018). "Xylorycta heliomacula (Lower, 1894)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ↑ McMillan, Ian (30 June 2010). " Xylorycta heliomacula (Lower, 1894) Mistletoe stem borer". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 11 July 2020. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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