Xylomimetes

Xylomimetes Turner, 1916

Xylomimetes Turner, 1916. A third contribution to a knowledge of the Lepidopterous fauna of Ebor Scrub, N.S.W. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 41: 249–260 [13 Sept.1916] [256]. Type species: Pilostibes trachyptera Turner, 1900 by original designation.

Xylomimetes Turner, 1916 [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India,  11: 1-244 [237].

Xylomimetes Turner, 1916. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [88].

Xylomimetes Turner, 1916. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 1 May 2010].

Xylomimetes Turner, 1916. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 17 June 2010].

Original description, Turner 1916

Gen. Xylomimetes nov.

ξμλομιμητος, an imitator of wood.

Palpi moderately long, ascending, recurved; second joint long, reaching base of antennae, thickened with closely appressed scales, rather strongly expanded at apex; terminal joint about ½ second, more slender, smooth, acute. Antennae of ♂ slightly serrate, shortly ciliated. Thorax not crested. Anterior tibiae expanded with dense hair-scales. Forewings with tufts of raised scales in disc on upper surface; 2 from ¾, 7 absent, 8 and 9 short-stalked, or closely approximated at base and for some distance. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 weakly developed, 6 and 7 connate.

Type Pilostibes trachyptera Turn., (Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 1900, p. 6). A very distinct genus, most nearly allied to Pilostibes Meyr.

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Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

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Xylomimetes scholastis Turner, 1916

ANIC

Rous, NSW. Photo Len Willan.

Springbrook, NSW. Photo Len Willan.

Xylomimetes scholastis Turner, 1916. A third contribution to a knowledge of the Lepidopterous fauna of Ebor Scrub, N.S.W. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 41: 249–260 [13 Sept.1916] [256]. Holotype ANIC ♂, Ebor Scrub, NSW.

Xylomimetes scholastis Turner, 1916. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [88].

Xylomimetes scholastis Turner, 1916. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 1 May 2010].

Xylomimetes scholastis Turner, 1916. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 17 June 2010].

Original description, Turner 1916

Xylomimetes scholastis, n. sp.

ςχολαστις, sluggish.

♂. 40 mm. Head white, base of sidetufts and face brownish. Palpi brownish, terminal joint and apex of second joint white. Antennae brown-whitish; ciliations in ♂ ½. Thorax whitish, posteriorly brownish-tinged. Abdomen whitish; second segment and bases of succeeding segments on dorsum ferruginous irrorated with whitish. Legs brown- whitish; posterior pair whitish. Forewings oblong, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched near base and apex, in middle nearly straight, apex rounded, termen slightly oblique, rounded beneath; four, strong tufts of raised scales, one at base of dorsum, one on fold about middle, and one at each posterior angle of cell; pale whitish-brown; a broad, suffused, white, costal streak, narrow at base, and not reaching apex; a fine, blackish, longitudinal streak from ¼ to middle along upper edge of cell; two or three, fine, short, similar streaks on veins beyond middle; cilia pale brownish barred with whitish. Hind wings considerably broader than forewings; ochreous-whitish; cilia ochreous-whitish.

Closely allied to X. trachyptera, which is also a scrub-species.

One example, beaten from undergrowth. It fell to the ground and remained motionless, exactly resembling a fragment of dead wood.

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Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

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Xylomimetes trachyptera (Turner, 1900)

ANIC

Eumundi, QLD. Photo Len Willan.

Pilostibes trachyptera Turner, 1900, New Micro-lepidoptera - mostly from Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia  24: 6–23 [6]. Holotype SAMA ♀, Palmwoods, Qld.

Xylomimetes trachyptera Turner [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [237].

Xylomimetes trachyptera (Turner, 1900). Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [88].

Xylomimetes trachyptera (Turner, 1900). Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 1 May 2010].

Original description, Turner 1900

Pilostibes trachyptera, n. sp.

Female, 40 mm. Head brown-whitish. Palpi brown-whitish; terminal joint and apex of second joint white. Antennae grey. Thorax brown-whitish. Abdomen whitish. Legs brown-whitish; anterior tibiae and tarsi much thickened with scales. Forewings posteriorly dilated, costa rather strongly arched, apex roundpointed, hind margin straight. slightly oblique; veins 7 and 8 coincident; brown-whitish, suffused with reddish-brown and fuscous-brown, with five or six tufts of raised scales; a dark-fuscous oblique mark on costa at one-fourth; paler fuscous marks on costa at middle, three-fourths, and two more between last and apex; all ill-defined blackish streak in disc above middle, and several fine blackish streaks along veins in posterior portion of disc; cilia, brown-whitish, with an incomplete darker basal line. Hindwings brown-whitish; cilia whitish, at apex pale fuscous.

A very distinct species, apparently referable here, but the male is wanted to establish this with certainty. The raised tufts of scales on forewings are a peculiar character.

Palmwoods, Queensland (60 miles north of Brisbane); one specimen taken by Mr. R. H. Relton.

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Distribution: Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

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Xylorycta

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Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890

Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890, Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I, Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia  13: 23–81 [25]. Type species: Cryptolechia luteotactella Walker, 1864 by subsequent designation, see Fletcher, 1929.

Xyloricta Lucas, 1894: Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, (2) 8 [163].

Xylorycta Meyr. Turner, 1898, The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 11].

Neodrepta Turner, 1898. The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [4]. Type species: Cryptolechia luteotactella Walker, 1864 by subsequent designation, see Fletcher, 1929.

Xylorycta. Turner, 1902, New Australian Lepidoptera, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia  26, 175-207 (196).

Xylorycta Meyr. Meyrick, 1905, Descriptions of Indian Micro-lepidoptera. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 580-618 (602).

Xylorycta. Meyrick, 1917, Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2(2–3): 33–64, 65–96 [56].

Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890, junior synonym of Phthonerodes Meyrick, 1890 [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T.B. 1929. A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, 11: 1–244 [175, 237].

Neodrepta Turner , 1897. Junior synonym of Phthonerodes, Meyrick 1890 [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T.B. 1929. A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, 11: 1–244 [146, 175].

Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890. Diakonoff, 1954, Microlepidoptera of New Guinea. Results of the third Archbold Expedition (American-Netherlands Indian Expedition 1938-1939). Part 4. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 2 ser. 50(1): 1-191 [128].

Xylorycta Meyr. Common, 1970, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), The Insects of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 765-866 (824).

Neodrepta. Common, 1970: Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), The Insects of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 765-866 (824).

Xylorycta Meyrick. Common, 1990, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press. 227-230 [229].

Xyloricta Lucas, 1894. Nye & Fletcher, 1991. Generic Names of Moths of the World Volume 6: xxix + 368 pp. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. An incorrect subsequent spelling of Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890.

Neodrepta. Junior objective synonym of Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [87, 346: Note #134].

Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [88].

Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 5 May 2010].

Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 17 June 2010].

Original description, Meyrick 1890

Xylorycta, n. g.

Head with loosely appressed hairs; ocelli absent; tongue well developed. Antennae moderate, in male filiform or subserrate, strongly ciliated (1 ½-2), basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint nearly as long as second, smooth, acute. Maxillary palpi very short. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibiae rough-haired above and beneath. Forewings with vein 1 long-furcate towards base, 2 from 2/3- 3/4, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to hindmargin, 11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, oblong-ovate, towards base below median and towards inner margin densely clothed with long hairs, 1b shortly furcate at base, 3 and 4 from a point or short-stalked, 5 tolerably parallel, 6 and 7 from a point or short-stalked, 8 connected with cell at a point towards base.

This genus and the following [Telecrates] are closely related, differing essentially only by the antennal ciliations; they are distinct enough at present, but might hereafter be united by the discovery of connecting forms. I think Xylorycta may be regarded as the immediate parent of Cryptophaga, which is distinguished from it mainly by the pectinated antennae. The larval habits are similar. In this and the three following genera [Telecrates, Chalarotona and Scieropepla] great care must be taken not to confuse together the various unicolorous white species, and the structural differences must be accurately observed; there are, moreover, other unicolorous white species of very similar appearance in the Oecophoridae and Gelechiadae, which might very easily be mixed with them, even by a skilled observer. The superficial resemblance of these various forms is very great, but I am unable to determine whether they imitate one another or a common model, or whether the very simple resultant may not have been produced independently by similar development under analogous circumstances, without direct imitation of anything; or instance, the end desired might have been conspicuousness.

Synonymic description, Turner 1898

Neodrepta, n.g.

Head with loosely appressed scales; ocelli absent; tongue well-developed. Antennae moderate, in male with moderate or rather long ciliations (1-2), basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, acute. Maxillary palpi very short. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibiae rough-haired above and beneath. Forewings with vein 1 long-furcate towards base, 2 from 2/3 to 3/4, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 8 to hindmargin, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1 or over 1, oblong-ovate, towards base below median, and towards inner-margin densely clothed with long hairs, 3 and 4 from a point, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 separate but closely approximated at base, 8 connected with cell at a point towards base.

Distinguished from all except the following genus [Paralecta] by the termination of vein 8 of forewing below apex.

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XYLORYCTA, Meyr.

Antennal ciliations of male, ¼ to 2. This genus differs from Cryptophaga only in the non-pectinated antennae of the male. Recent discoveries have brought the two into very near relationship. I have been compelled to drop Meyrick's genus, Telecrates, which was distinguished only by the shorter antennal ciliations, as the new species referable to the present genus render it no longer tenable. Meyrick himself anticipated that this might corne to be the case (op.cit. 57). (Turner, 1898).

I may here remark that the large genera, Xylorycta and Lichenaula, are in an unsatisfactory position at present, and will need revision. The stalking or separation of veins 6 and 7 of the hindwings is certainly variable, in several species. (Turner, 1902).

Xylorycta Meyr.

I propose to widen the definition of the genus Xylorycta, so far as to unite with it the genera Lichenaula, Telecrates, Clerarcha, Plectophila, and Chalarotona. These were all published by me at the same time, and I select the name of Xylorycta for the resulting group because I made that typical of the family and therefore gave it precedence. The structural characters are thus extended in the following particulars : Antennal ciliations of ♂ variable (½ -3); 7 of forewings to apex or termen; 6 and 7 of hindwings approximated, connate, or stalked. (Meyrick 1905).

I note here that the genera Plectophila Meyr. (type electella Walk.) and Telecrates Meyr. (type laetiorella Walk.) are good and tenable genera, not to be merged in Xylorycta. (Meyrick, 1917).

Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890 (fig. 679)

Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., vol. 13, p. 57. Fletcher, Mem. Agric. Ind., Ent., vol. 11, pp. 175, 237, 1929 (synonym of Phthonerodes).

Fig. 679: Xylorycta hypatolimnas spec. nov., male, head and wing neuration. (Diakonoff, 1954).

The synonymy of the genus Phthonerodes Meyrick in which Xylorycta is included by Fletcher (loco cit.), appears to be open to doubt. Mr. Clarke stated when studying Meyrick’s types at the British Museum that Xylorycta is distinct from Phthonerodes. Mr. Bradley kindly sent us sketches of the neuration of the genotypes of these two genera, after the examination of which we readily agree with Mr. Clarke.

As to the other surmised synonyms of Phthonerodes, Lichenaula Meyrick, 1890, may indeed be its synonym. Whether Clerarcha Meyrick, 1890, and Tymbophora Meyrick, 1890, are synonymous with Xylorycta will become clear after Mr. Clarke has published his studies. In that case Clerarcha has the priority of a few pages. Further names cited as synonyms by Fletcher are Chalarotorna [sic] Meyrick, 1890, Illidgea Turner, 1897, and Neodrepta Turner, 1897.  (Diakonoff, 1954, 128-129).

Fig 36.31 D. Xylorycta, Xyloryctidae. [J. Wedgebrow]. (Common, 1970).

Fig. 36.33 C. Xylorycta, Xyloryctidae. [F. Nanninga]. (Common, 1970).

In Neodrepta (7 spp.) and Xylorycta (93 spp.) the maxillary palpi are 3-segmented, and the male antennae are ciliated. Many of the species are shining white. (Common, 1970).

The large genus Xylorycta Meyrick contains 50 described species widely dstributed throughout the continent. (Common, 1990).

134. Neodrepta Turner, 1898. This is a junior objective synonym of Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890, with the same type species Cryptolechia luteotactella Walker, 1864. (Common, 1996).

Description:

Head:

Xylorycta luteotactella, ♂ head, K-0122, Kuranda, Queensland. Collected by David Rentz

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Xylorycta luteotactella, wing venation.  NB this venation matches that of Neodrepta as described by Turner, and does not match Meyrick's Xylorycta.

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Xylorycta luteotactella, ♂ genitalia, K-0050, Kuranda, Queensland. Collected by David Rentz.

Xylorycta luteotactella, aedeagus (not to scale), K-0050, Kuranda, Queensland. Collected by David Rentz.

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Xylorycta luteotactella, larva in habitat, photo Macleay Museum, Sydney (Don Herbison-Evans).

Distribution: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Papua New Guinea. (Edwards, 2003).

Remarks:

Neodrepta Turner may have possibly been unfairly synonymised with Xylorycta; there are noticeable differences in the genitalia and wing venation within the genus. It is possible that Neodrepta will be able to be revived. There is a good case for this.


Most notably, the wing venation of the type species of both genera, Xylorycta luteotactella, differs from the typical venation for Xylorycta; its genitalia are also different from most species of Xylorycta, resembling those of Plectophila, especially in its asymmetrical claspers.

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Xylorycta amaloptis

Xylorycta amaloptis Lower, 1915

Xylorycta amaloptis, ♀, holotype, South Australian Museum, Adelaide. © SAMA.

Cryptophasa sp. ANIC100 (closely similar barcode to X. amaloptis) (BOLD)

Cryptophasa sp. ANIC100 (closely similar barcode to X. amaloptis) (BOLD)

Xylorycta amaloptis Lower, 1915. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 40: 474–485 [484]. Holotype SAMA ♀, Broken Hill, NSW.

Xylorycta amaloptis Low. Lower, 1917, The Lepidoptera of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Part III, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 41, 369-377 [369].

Xylorycta amaloptis Lower, 1915. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [88]

Xylorycta amalopis [sic] Lower, 1915. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 1 May 2010].

Xylorycta amaloptis Lower, 1915. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 19 June 2010].

Original description, Lower 1915

Xylorycta amaloptis, n. sp.

♀. 28 mm. Head, thorax, palpi, and antennae pale whitish-grey, [terminal joint of palpi imperfect]. Legs grey-whitish. Abdomen grey-whitish, second segment dull orange Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, termen rounded, oblique; pale whitish-grey, somewhat flesh-tinged, all markings obsolete; a fuscous-ferruginous line along termen and apical fifth of costa, obscure on costa and minutely dentate internally on termen; cilia dull ochreous-grey. Hindwings light fuscous, becoming whitish towards base; cilia grey.

Broken Hill, N.S.W.; one specimen, in February.

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Xylorycta amaloptis, Low.

One specimen, type, in February. (Lower, 1917).

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Flight period: February.

Distribution: New South Wales. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

Remarks: This moth appears to me more likely to belong with Cryptophasa spp. of the assemblage surrounding Cryptophasa delocentra. If that is the case, the species is likely to be sexually dimorphic and males could be quite different in appearance (see C. delocentra).

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Xylorycta amblygona

Xylorycta amblygona (Turner, 1900)

Lichenaula amblygona ♂, ANIC

Lichenaula amblygona ♀, ANIC

Xylorycta amblygona, ♂, K-0205, Kuranda, 16.48ºS 145.38'E, 335m, 1-15 December 2009, collected by David Rentz.

Xylorycta amblygona, ♀, K-0258, Kuranda,16.48ºS 145.38'E, 335m, 1-15 January 2010, collected by David Rentz.

Xylorycta amblygona, ♂, K-0318, Kuranda, 16.48ºS 145.38'E, 335m, 16-30 September 2010, collected by David Rentz.

Lichenaula amblygona Turner, 1900, New Micro-lepidoptera - mostly from Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia  24: 6–23 [9]. Holotype BMNH ♀, Brisbane, Qld.

Xylorycta amblygona (Turner, 1900). Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [88].

Xylorycta amblygona (Turner, 1900). Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 1 May 2010].

Xylorycta amblygona (Turner, 1900). Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 19 June 2010].

Original description, Turner 1900

Lichenaula amblygona, n. sp.

Female, 28 mm. Vein 7 of forewings to hindmargin. Head white. Palpi white; terminal joint mostly fuscous internally. Thorax fuscous, irrorated with white scales. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous. Legs whitish, irrorated with fuscous, except posterior tibiae. Forewings dilated posteriorly, costa strongly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin sinuate; white rather densely irrorated with fuscous; a triangular fuscous suffusion on innermargin before middle; a short longitudinal suffused mark in disc before middle; a very distinct outwardly oblique line from costa at two-thirds, angulated in disc, and continued parallel to hindmargin to inner margin at three-fifths; an indistinct suffusion on middle of hind margin; cilia fuscous, at apex white, at anal angle with white apices. Hindwings pale-grey, toward base whitish; cilia grey.

Distinguished from the other species with an angulated posterior line — L. oxygona [Plectophila discalis], Luc.; L. goniodes, Turn., and L. micradelpha [Plectophila micradelpha], Turn., by the fuscous thorax.

Brisbane, Queensland; one specimen taken by Mr. F. P. Dodd. I am indebted to Lord Walsingham for permission to describe this species, of which the type is now in his collection.

Diagnosis:

Description:

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Xylorycta amblygona, ♂, head, K-0205, Kuranda, 16.48ºS 145.38'E, 335m, 1-15 December 2009, collected by David Rentz.

Xylorycta amblygona, ♀, head, K-0258, Kuranda,16.48ºS 145.38'E, 335m, 1-15 January 2010, collected by David Rentz.

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Xylorycta amblygona, ♂, genitalia, K-0010, Kuranda, 16.48ºS 145.38'E, 335m, 16-31 Mar 09, collected by David Rentz.

Xylorycta amblygona, ♂, aedeagus, K-0010, Kuranda, 16.48ºS 145.38'E, 335m, 16-31 Mar 09, collected by David Rentz.

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Flight period: August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March April.

Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

Remarks: 

The name amblygona means ‘obtuse angle’.
See also Lichenaula goniodes and Xylorycta cosmeta.

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