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Xyloryctinae
Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths. The first recorded instance of a common name for these moths comes from Swainson's ''On the History and Natural Arrangement of Insects'', 1840, where members of the genus ''Cryptophasa'' are described as hermit moths. This is an allusion to the caterpillar's habit of living alone in a purely residential burrow in a tree branch, to which it drags leaves at night, attaching them with silk to the entrance to the burrow and consuming the leaves as they dry out. The name 'timber moths' was coined by the Queensland naturalist Rowland Illidge in 1892, later published in 1895,Illidge, R., 1895: Xylorycts, or timber moths. ''Queensland Nat. Hist. Soc. Trans.,'' 1, 29–34. and serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anachastis
''Anachastis'' is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae from the Seychelles. It contains only one species, ''Anachastis digitata''. The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous irregularly tinged with crimson-pink, with scattered brown and blackish scales. The second discal stigma is dark grey and there is a reddish-fuscous outwardly oblique streak from the dorsum before the middle, not reaching the fold, and a similar inwardly oblique streak from the tornus. The hindwings are light grey. See also *List of moths of Seychelles
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Xylorycta Assimilis
''Xylorycta assimilis'' is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 26–28 mm. The forewings are snow-white with the costal edge pale-ochreous throughout. There is a faint ochreous suffusion at the anal angle. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous with the apical portion of the disc greyish-tinged. References Xylorycta Moths described in 1900 {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amorbaea
''Amorbaea'' is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. Species * ''Amorbaea hepatica'' Meyrick, 1908 * ''Amorbaea subtusvena'' Diakonoff, 968/small> * ''Amorbaea subusta ''Amorbaea subusta'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1968. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wing ...'' Diakonoff, 968/small> References Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachybelistis
''Brachybelistis'' is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. Species * ''Brachybelistis blackburnii'' (Lower, 1892) * ''Brachybelistis neomorpha'' (Turner, 1898) * ''Brachybelistis pentachroa ''Brachybelistis pentachroa'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower Oswald Bertram Lower (1863 in Adelaide, South Australia – 18 March 1925 in Wayville, South Australia) was an Australian chemist and p ...'' (Lower, 1901) References Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae genera {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boydia
''Boydia'' is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. Species * ''Boydia criniferella'' Newman, 1856 * ''Boydia stenadelpha ''Boydia stenadelpha'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1905. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country compri ...'' (Lower, 1905) References Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae genera {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bida (genus)
''Bida'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Xyloryctidae described by Francis Walker in 1864. Its only species, ''Bida radiosella'', described by the same author one year earlier, is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 23–29 mm. The forewings are white with all veins marked with fine fuscous lines mixed posteriorly with blackish. There are three pale fuscous longitudinal streaks, the first from the base beneath the costa to the costa beyond the middle, extending along it to near the apex, the second median, from the base to the apex, united with the first at the base, finely edged with dark fuscous beneath on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathydoxa
''Bathydoxa euxesta'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus ''Bathydoxa''. It was described by Turner in 1935 and is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 24–30 mm. The forewings are grey with the costal edge grey-whitish and with a blackish subcostal streak from the base of the costa to one-fourth. There is a broader subdorsal streak from the base to three-fourths and the discal stigmata are represented by a fine longitudinal streak, sometimes interrupted, edged beneath with whitish. The hindwings are grey, paler towards the base. References Xyloryctidae Monotypic moth genera Moths of Australia Xyloryctidae gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassarodes
''Bassarodes'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Xyloryctidae. Its only species, ''Bassarodes siriaca'', is found on the Solomon Islands. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 23–30 mm. The forewings of the males are pale yellowish, sometimes suffused with pale brownish on the veins and margins, with the second discal stigma dark brown, an oblique patch of brown suffusion between this and the apex, and sometimes a streak of dark brown suffusion along the fold curved upwards beneath the middle of the wing. The female forewings are pale ochreous suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark brown, with a broad longitudinal median dark fuscous band, suffused and undefined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athrypsiastis
''Athrypsiastis'' is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1910. Species * ''Athrypsiastis candidella'' (Walker, 1863) * ''Athrypsiastis chionodes'' Diakonoff, 1954 * ''Athrypsiastis delicata'' Diakonoff, 1954 * ''Athrypsiastis phaeoleuca'' Meyrick, 1910 * ''Athrypsiastis rosiflora'' Meyrick, 1930 * ''Athrypsiastis salva'' Meyrick, 1932 * ''Athrypsiastis symmetra ''Athrypsiastis symmetra'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found on New Guinea. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to t ...'' Meyrick, 1915 References Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae genera {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsirrhyncha
''Arsirrhyncha'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Xyloryctidae. Its only species, ''Arsirrhyncha fibriculata'', is found in the former Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ... in 1938. References Xyloryctidae Monotypic moth genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths of Africa Xyloryctidae genera {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arignota
''Arignota'' is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. Species * ''Arignota clavatrix'' (Diakonoff, 1954) * ''Arignota decipiens'' Diakonoff, 1954 * ''Arignota stercorata ''Arignota stercorata'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1894. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland. It is also found in Papua New Guinea. Th ...'' (Lucas, 1894) References Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae genera {{Xyloryctidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araeostoma
''Araeostoma aenicta'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus ''Araeostoma''. It was described by Turner in 1917 and is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 17–28 mm. The forewings are fuscous with patchy whitish irroration and a dark fuscous discal dot above the middle at one-third and a second obliquely elongate before two-thirds. The posterior third of the costal edge is whitish with four dark fuscous dots and with a fine crenulate whitish line just before the termen. The hindwings are fuscous. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |