XYLORYCTIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 12 January 2002)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 12 January 2002)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The Caterpillar of this species bores into the branches of various Gum Trees ( MYRTACEAE ), including :
making a gallery, the entrance of which it covers with brown silk and frass.
The adult moth has grey forewings with a dark dot near the middle of each one. The hindwings are black fading to pale yellow at the margins. The body has alternate bands of black and orange. The moths have a wing span of about 5 cms.
The species is found in Queensland and New South Wales.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 228.
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