Lichenaula onychodes Turner, 1898
 XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Lichenaula onychodes
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on

  • Snow Gum ( Eucalyptus pauciflora, MYRTACEAE ).

    The adult moths have grey wings with several currved black lines across each forewing. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

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

    The species has been found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania,
  • Western Australia .

    Further reading :

    Ian McMillan,
    Lichenaula onychodes,
    Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
    Blog, Wednesday, July 14, 2010.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 219.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    The Xyloryctidae of Queensland,
    Annals of the Queensland Museum,
    Volume 4 (1898), p. 19, No. 49.

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    (updated 29 April 2011, 10 July 2019, 10 September 2020)