Catoryctis sciastis
| Catoryctis sciastis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Catoryctis |
| Species: | C. sciastis |
| Binomial name | |
| Catoryctis sciastis (Meyrick, 1915) | |
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Catoryctis sciastis is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria.
The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are light fuscous suffused with grey and irregularly sprinkled with whitish, with a few blackish scales and an undefined transverse bar of white irroration beneath the middle of the disc. The veins towards the lower half of the termen are more distinctly suffused with white. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous, more whitish towards the base, the apex and termen suffused with fuscous.[2]
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