Xylomimetes trachyptera
| Xylomimetes trachyptera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Xylomimetes |
| Species: | X. trachyptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylomimetes trachyptera (Turner, 1900) | |
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Xylomimetes trachyptera is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lucas in 1902. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are brown-whitish, suffused with reddish-brown and fuscous-brown, with five or six tufts of raised scales. There is a dark-fuscous oblique mark on the costa at one-fourth and paler fuscous marks on the costa at the middle, three-fourths, and two more between the last and the apex. There is also all ill-defined blackish streak in the disc above the middle, and several fine blackish streaks along the veins in the posterior portion of the disc. The hindwings are brown-whitish.[2]
References
- ↑ Xylomimetes. funet.fi. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ↑ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia
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