(previously known as : Cryptophaga ochroleuca)
XYLORYCTIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The Caterpillar of this species bores into the branches of
It feeds on the re-growing bark.
The adult moth has buff coloured forewings and satin white hindwings, each with a row of black dots around the edge of each wing. There may also various black dots on each forewing. The thorax is buff and hairy, with a black spot on top at the rear. The first abdominal segment is white and hairy, the second abdominal segment is bare and brown, and the remainder are black, except that the last is white. The moths have a wing span of about 3.5 cms.
The species is found on the Australian tablelands, from southern Queensland to South Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 230.
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(updated 4 December 2004)