Catoryctis subnexella
| Catoryctis subnexella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Catoryctis |
| Species: | C. subnexella |
| Binomial name | |
| Catoryctis subnexella (Walker, 1864) | |
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Catoryctis subnexella is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania.
The wingspan is 16-23 mm. The forewings are fuscous, more or less ochreous-tinged and with a white attenuated streak immediately beneath the costa, from the base to the middle. All veins tend to be marked posteriorly with whitish streaks, but generally very indistinct. There is a moderate straight silvery-white longitudinal median streak from the base to the apex, interrupted by a very oblique line of ground-colour before the middle, the lower edge emitting one or two short very oblique teeth on the veins posteriorly. Sometimes, there is a small darker spot on the lower margin of this at two-thirds and a slender whitish longitudinal streak from the inner margin at one-fourth to beyond the middle, often almost entirely obsolete. The hindwings fuscous or grey, becoming lighter and sometimes ochreous-tinged towards the base.
The larvae feed on Casuarina species.[2]