Gonioma hypoxantha

Gonioma hypoxantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Gonioma
Species: G. hypoxantha
Binomial name
Gonioma hypoxantha
(Lower, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Uzucha hypoxantha Lower, 1894
  • Gonioma xanthopsis Turner, 1898

Gonioma hypoxantha is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 33-35 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, sparsely irrorated with blackish scales. The hindwings are ochreous-yellow with a pale fuscous suffusion at the apex.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Acacia nilotica. They bore under the bark of their host plant.[2]

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