Xylorycta melanula

Xylorycta melanula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Xylorycta
Species: X. melanula
Binomial name
Xylorycta melanula
(Meyrick, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Telecrates melanula Meyrick, 1890

Xylorycta melanula is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

The wingspan is 21-24 mm. The forewings are fuscous, lighter anteriorly, posteriorly slightly reddish-tinged and with the dorsal half suffused with ashy-grey, except for an indistinct cloudy spot towards the fold beyond the middle. The extreme costal edge is whitish from two-fourths to four-fifths and there is a thick dark fuscous streak beneath the submedian fold from the base to one-third, as well as a whitish dot in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are fuscous-grey.[2]

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