Xylorycta luteotactella
| Xylorycta luteotactella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Xylorycta |
| Species: | X. luteotactella |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylorycta luteotactella (Walker, 1864) | |
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Xylorycta luteotactella, commonly known as the macadamia twig girdler, is a moth of the Xyloryctidae family. It is found in Australia. The caterpillars cause economic damage to waratah and macadamia crops, the former by disfiguring the developing flowerheads.[1]
Native to much of eastern Australia, it was first described by English entomologist Francis Walker in 1864 as Cryptolechia cognatella.
The wingspan is 17-26 mm. The forewings are shining snow-white with the costal edge narrowly orange, sometimes slenderly blackish towards the base. The hindwings are grey-whitish, posteriorly suffused with light grey.[2]
References
- ↑ Nixon, Paul (1997) [1989]. The Waratah (2nd ed.). East Roseville, NSW: Kangaroo Press. p. 57. ISBN 0-86417-878-6.
- ↑ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia
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