Xylorycta cosmeta
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| Species: | X. cosmeta
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| Xylorycta cosmeta Turner, 1917
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Xylorycta cosmeta is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Turner in 1917. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is 22–26 mm. The forewings are white with a few fuscous-grey scales and fuscous markings. There is a semicircular blotch on the dorsum before the middle not reaching the middle of the disc and a line from two-thirds of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum, strongly angulated outwards in the middle, dilated on both margins. The hindwings are whitish.[2]
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Categories:
- Xylorycta
- Moths described in 1917
- Xyloryctidae stubs