Gomphoscopa

Gomphoscopa catoryctopsis is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Gomphoscopa. The species was described by Lower in 1893 and is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from South Australia.

Gomphoscopa
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Gomphoscopa

Lower, 1901
Species:
G. catoryctopsis
Binomial name
Gomphoscopa catoryctopsis
(Lower, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Pachycera Lower, 1893 (preocc. Billberg, 1820)
  • Pachycera catoryctopsis Lower, 1893

The wingspan is 23–27 mm. The forewings are fuscous, suffusedly mixed with whitish. There is a white streak along the costa from the base to beyond the middle, attenuated posteriorly and continued to near the apex, the anterior portion containing a fine grey line, the lower portion edged with a fine black line. There is an elongate white mark in the middle of the wing, outlined with black. A thick white streak is found from the base along the fold, suffusedly continued to near the anal angle, partially edged below with a fine black line. All veins towards the hindmargin are sharply defined by black lines, the interspaces filled with white. There is also a hindmarginal row of black dots. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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