Eusthenica treicleiota
| Eusthenica treicleiota | |
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| Palm Cove, Queensland, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Eusthenica Turner, 1916 |
| Species: | E. treicleiota |
| Binomial name | |
| Eusthenica treicleiota (Bethune-Baker, 1911) | |
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Eusthenica treicleiota is a species of moth in the Cossidae family and the only species in the genus Eusthenica. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911. It is found in Australia,[2] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is 26–36 mm. The forewings are whitish-brown, with fuscous-brown fine transverse lines and three fasciae. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eusthenica treicleiota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ New Australian Lepidoptera of the Family Tortricidae
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