Endoxyla affinis (Rothschild, 1896) (formerly known as Xyleutes affinis) ZEUZERINAE,   COSSIDAE,   COSSOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Deb Taylor, Wandella, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have grey forewings, each with a number of variable pale patches and dark marks of various sizes. The hindwings are dark brown.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

L. Walter Rothschild,
Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera, with remarks on some previously described forms.,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 3 (1896), pp. 600-601, No. 6.

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(written 15 January 2024)