Catoryctis subparallela
Catoryctis subparallela | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Catoryctis |
Species: | C. subparallela |
Binomial name | |
Catoryctis subparallela (Walker, 1864) | |
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Catoryctis subparallela is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.
The wingspan is 17-21 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, golden-tinged with a slender silvery-white attenuated streak immediately beneath the costa from near the base to beyond the middle and a whitish line from beneath this at one-third to the costa at three-fourths, and another from beneath this beyond the middle to the costa before the apex. There is a moderately broad straight entire silvery-white longitudinal median streak from the base to the apex and a similar narrower parallel streak from the inner margin at one-third to the hind margin below the middle. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, with the anal angle yellow-ochreous.
The larvae feed on Casuarina species. They create tubular shelters between the branches of their host plant.[2]