Telecrates melanochrysa

Telecrates melanochrysa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Telecrates
Species:	T. melanochrysa
Binomial name
	Telecrates melanochrysa; (Turner, 1939)
Synonyms
	Xylorycta melanochrysa Turner, 1939;

Telecrates melanochrysa is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It is known in Australia from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The head is black and the face is whitish-ochreous. The thorax is orange-yellow and the abdomen is black. The forewings are sub-oblong and orange-yellow with three broad black transverse fasciae.^[2]

References[]

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[1] Australian Faunal Directory

[2] Xyloryctine Moths of Australia

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