Xylorycta nivella (Walker, 1864)
Cryptolechia nivella Walker, 1864, Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29. 562–835 pp. [751]. Holotype BMNH ♂, North Australia.
Xylorycta nivella (Walker, 1864). Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [89].
Zauclophora nivella (Walker, 1864). 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 6 May 2010].
Xylorycta nivella (Walker, 1864). 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, Walker 1864
Cryptolechia nivella.
Nivea; palpi capitis latitudine duplo longiores; tibiae posticae non fimbriatae; alae anticae longae, sat angustae, margine exteriore perobliquo.
Pure white. Palpi smooth, slender, twice longer than the breadth of the bead; third joint setiform, as long as the second. Hind tibiae not fringed. Wings elongate, rather narrow. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Length of the body 4 lines [8.5mm]; of the wings 12 lines [25.4mm].
a. North Australia. Presented by J. R. Elsey, Esq.
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Distribution: Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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