Xylomimetes trachyptera

Xylomimetes trachyptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Xylomimetes
Species: X. trachyptera
Binomial name
Xylomimetes trachyptera
(Turner, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Pilostibes trachyptera Turner, 1900

Xylomimetes trachyptera is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lucas in 1902. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are brown-whitish, suffused with reddish-brown and fuscous-brown, with five or six tufts of raised scales. There is a dark-fuscous oblique mark on the costa at one-fourth and paler fuscous marks on the costa at the middle, three-fourths, and two more between the last and the apex. There is also all ill-defined blackish streak in the disc above the middle, and several fine blackish streaks along the veins in the posterior portion of the disc. The hindwings are brown-whitish.[2]

References

  1. Xylomimetes. funet.fi. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  2. Xyloryctine Moths of Australia


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