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.

Brachybelistis pentachroa
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B. pentachroa
Binomial name
Brachybelistis pentachroa
(Lower, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Xylorycta pentachroa Lower, 1901

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

  1. "Brachybelistis". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. "Brachybelistis". xyloryctinemothsofaustralia.blogspot.nl. Retrieved 20 June 2017.


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