Maroga setiotricha

Maroga setiotricha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Maroga
Species: M. setiotricha
Binomial name
Maroga setiotricha
Meyrick, 1890

Maroga setiotricha is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

The wingspan is 56-66 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish, strewn with numerous long fine linear blackish scales. There is a blackish dot in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are iridescent whitish in males. The hindwings of the females are fuscous, darker towards the base and with the apex paler.

The larvae feed on Acacia species. They bore in the stem of their host plant.[2]

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