Gonioma hypoxantha
Gonioma hypoxantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Gonioma |
Species: | G. hypoxantha |
Binomial name | |
Gonioma hypoxantha (Lower, 1894) | |
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Gonioma hypoxantha is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is 33–35 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, sparsely irrorated with blackish scales. The hindwings are ochreous-yellow with a pale fuscous suffusion at the apex.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Acacia nilotica. They bore under the bark of their host plant.[2]
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