Eschatura lemurias
| Eschatura lemurias | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Eschatura |
| Species: | E. lemurias |
| Binomial name | |
| Eschatura lemurias Meyrick, 1897 | |
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Eschatura lemurias is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.
The wingspan is 28-30 mm for males and 34-35 mm for females. The forewings are whitish-ochreous in males, while they are deep ochreous in females, in both with a strong shining whitish gloss. There is a grey-whitish discal spot edged with dark reddish-fuscous suffusion, ill-defined. The hindwings are pale yellowish.
The larvae feed on Waterhousea floribunda and Elaeocarpus angustifolia. They bore in the stem of their host plant.[2]
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