Brachybelistis pentachroa
Brachybelistis pentachroa is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Lower in 1901. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
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The wingspan is about 21 mm for males and 30–37 mm for females. The males have ochreous-yellow forewings with a blackish discal dot before the middle, confluent with a large blackish blotch, which occupies the whole posterior half of the wing except the costal and terminal margins. The hindwings are pale ochreous yellow with a broad blackish terminal band. The forewings of the females are whitish, pinkish-tinged with four oval ochreous spots, bordered with blackish scales and surrounded with more or less blackish irroration. The first spot is found in the disc at one-third, the second obliquely beyond and below the first, the third and fourth closely approximated, arranged transversely in the disc before two-thirds, the latter more elongate. The hindwings are pale yellowish with a suffused pale grey terminal band.[2]
References
- "Brachybelistis". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- "Brachybelistis". xyloryctinemothsofaustralia.blogspot.nl. Retrieved 20 June 2017.