Sighting 4202675
Xylorycta luteotactella
A Gelechioid moth at Guerilla Bay, NSW
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| Xylorycta luteotactella | donhe | 5 Jun 2025 | |
| Xylorycta luteotactella | WendyEM | 4 Jun 2025 | |
| Xylorycta (genus) | WendyEM | 4 Jun 2025 | |
| Unverified | jb2602 | 9 Mar 2019 |
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Ocrasa acerasta; O. albioalis;
1 comment
10 Mar 2019
The prominent, upturned and recurved palpi suggest Gelechioidea rather than Pyralidae or Crambidae to me. I had thought Eochris genus in Oecophoridae looked likely however the palps looked too long and black tipped whereas this in this specimen the palps are shorter and white tipped and there is a distinct alignment in change of palpi colour with the underside of the body and legs (i.e. a warm orange colouration. These features seem to match a Xylorictine moth, for example see Xyloricta argentella or X. assimilis on LBH. There are many species in the Xylorycta genus however and specimens seems quite variable within a species. However a specimen labelled X. argentella photographed by Victor Fazio on the ALA looks very close to this specimen, see https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:78fa1b71-2806-4aae-83d8-2014dec07f99#gallery even down to a faint terminal orange colouration on the forewing tips which is quite obvious in this specimen. Therefore my conclusion is that it is probably a moth in the genus Xylorycta, quite likely Xyloricta argentella. Victo Fazio's record was also from a coastal NSW location. Xyloryctine moths are strongly associated with Proteaceae plant species.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.231645-35.832379
- Places Guerilla Bay, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 26 Feb 2019 08:42 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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- jb2602 NatureMapr South Coast Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Xylorycta luteotactella
Species information
- Xylorycta luteotactella Scientific name
- A Gelechioid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 651.8m Recorded at altitude
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