Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Xylorycta chrysomela



Xylorycta chrysomela Lower, 1897.


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NMV

NMV

Xylorycta chrysomela Lower, 1897. New Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 22: 263–274 [270]. Holotype NMV ♀, North Queensland.
Xylorycta chrysomela Low. Common, 1990, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press. 227-230 [229].
Xylorycta chrysomela Lower, 1897. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [89].
Xylorycta chrysomela Lower, 1897. 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 chrysomela Lower, 1897. 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 1897
Xylorycta chrysomela, n. sp.
♀ 32 mm. Head ochreous-yellow, palpi orange, terminal joint ochreous. Thorax yellowish-white, anterior half fuscous, collar orange-reddish. Abdomen orange; antennae fuscous, annulated with white. Legs orange, tarsi banded with fuscous. Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, hindmargin oblique; 2 from 2/3; 7 to hindmargin; whitish-ochreous, with dark fuscous markings; a broad oblique fascia close to base, dilated on inner margin; a moderate triangular spot on costa just beyond; a second moderate somewhat irregularly edged fascia from about middle of costa to middle of inner margin, broadly dilated beneath, costal portion connected with triangular spot by a thick streak which is continued along costa to ¾, and encloses one or two small spots of ground colour on costa; a third moderately thick curved fascia from posterior edge of this streak, ending just above inner margin on posterior edge of previous fascia; a thick streak from middle of posterior edge of third fascia to just below apex, thence continued as a thick streak along hindmargin to anal angle; a small spot on costa at 4/5; a triangular spot of fuscous in cilia at apex, containing 2 sharp black lines at base: cilia whitish-ochreous, basal half below fuscous spot orange, separation well-defined; a fuscous spot in cilia at anal angle. Hindwings orange, with an irregular fuscous band from just below costa at ¾ to anal angle, contracted posteriorly; cilia yellow, basal half orange.
North Queensland; one specimen (Coll. Lyell).
Between ophiogramma, Meyr., and porphyrinella, Walk.

Other references

Pl. 6.4: Common, 1990

The conspicuously marked X. chrysomela Low. (Pl. 6.4) is widely distributed in northern Australia from Kimberly in the west to Cape York, and south to Rockhampton, Queensland. (Common, 1990).

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

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