Endoxyla epicycla (Turner, 1945)
(previously known as: Xyleutes epicycla)
 ZEUZERINAE ,   COSSIDAE

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

Endoxyla epicycla
(Photo: courtesy of Jenny Holmes, Great Western, Victoria)

These adult moths have forewings that are grey each with broken wiggly black lines, and a prominent black spot near the costa. The hindwings are plain grey.

The species occurs in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 26.8, p. 272.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 93.

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    (updated 28 October 2010)