Xylomimetes trachyptera
Xylomimetes trachyptera is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Lucas in 1902. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
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The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are brown-whitish, suffused with reddish-brown and fuscous-brown, with five or six tufts of raised scales. There is a dark-fuscous oblique mark on the costa at one-fourth and paler fuscous marks on the costa at the middle, three-fourths, and two more between the last and the apex. There is also all ill-defined blackish streak in the disc above the middle, and several fine blackish streaks along the veins in the posterior portion of the disc. The hindwings are brown-whitish.[2]
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