Iulactis semifusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Iulactis
Species:
I. semifusca
Binomial name
Iulactis semifusca
Meyrick, 1918

Iulactis semifusca is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are brown, on the dorsal half or sometimes wholly suffused with fuscous. There is a broad white supramedian streak from the base to two-thirds, not quite reaching the costal edge on its basal half, then narrowed to the extremity. There is a very oblique slender white streak from the costa beyond the middle to the extremity of a black subapical dash and there are two short white transverse marks from the costa beyond this, and a white wedge-shaped spot along the apical part of the costa, as well as a white suboval blotch almost on the lower half of the termen, marked with four or five fine black longitudinal lines. The hindwings are light grey, somewhat darker posteriorly.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Iulactis semifusca Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ↑ McMillan, Ian (28 July 2010). "Iulactis". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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