Endoxyla mackeri (Oberthür, 1916) (previously known as Xyleutes mackeri) ZEUZERINAE,   COSSIDAE,   COSSOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Bernd Krüger)

The adult moths of this species have fawn wings, with white speckles.

Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The wings have variable light and dark streaks, and rusty-brown veins.

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

The species has been found in

Western Australia.

showing underside
(Photo: courtesy of Scott Gavins, Fraser Coast, Queensland)

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Further reading :

Charles Oberthür,
Faune Entomologique d'Australie,
Etudes de Lépidoptérologie Comparée,
Volume 11, 1916, pp. 49-50, and also Plate 22, figs 14-15.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 24.

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(updated 5 February 2010, 234 May 2021)