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Pilostibes stigmatias, ♂ aedeagus. IM11-0063, 29 November, 2011. Imbil, Queensland.
Food plants: Larva in bore in stem. Larval foodplants: Elaeocarpus obovatus, Sloanea australis (Elaeocarpaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Pilostibes Meyrick, 1890
Marisba Walker, 1864. Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29. 562–835 pp. [822] [junior homonym of Marisba Walker, 1863, Pyralinae]. Type species: Marisba basivitta Walker, 1864 by monotypy.
Pilostibes Meyrick, 1890, Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [24]. Type species: Pilostibes enchidias Meyrick, 1890 by subsequent designation, see Turner, 1900, New Micro-lepidoptera - mostly from Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 24: 6–23 [6].
Pilostibes. Meyrick, 1897, Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1897: 367–390 [382].
Pilostibes Meyr. Turner, 1898. The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Ann. Qd Mus. 4: 1–32
Pilostibes. Turner, 1900, New Micro-lepidoptera - mostly from Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 24: 6–23 [6].
Pilostibes Meyr. 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].
Marisba Walker, 1864 (praeocc.) [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [134].
Pilostibes Meyrick, 1890 junior subjective synonym of Cryptophasa MacLeay [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [134].
Pilostibes 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].
Pilostibes Meyrick, 1890, junior subjective synonym of Cryptophasa, Lewin 1805. 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 25 April 2010].
Pilostibes 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 19 June 2010].
Pilostibes Meyrick, 1890. B. Pitkin and P. Jenkins, Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species, 2004. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/ [accessed 25 April 2010].
Synonymic description, Walker 1864
MARISBA.
Mas. Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis brevis. Palpi recurvi; capitis latitudine multo longiores; articulus 2us subfimbriatus; 3us 2o paullo brevior. Antennae subserratae, subpubescentes. Abdomen lineare, alas posticas longe superans, lateribus subfasciculatis; Pedes postici sat validi, femoribus breviusculis, tibiis fimbriatis, tarsis squamosis. Alae anticae falcatae, margine exteriore subconvexo perobliquo.
Allied to Oecophora. Male.— Body rather stout. Proboscis short. Palpi recurved over the vertex, much, longer than the breadth, of the head; second joint with a short thick fringe in front; third setiform, a little shorter than the second. Antennae minutely serrated and pubescent, more than half the length of the fore wings. Legs rather stout; hind femora short; hind tibiae fringed; hind tarsi squamous. Wings long, moderately broad. Fore wings falcate; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique.
Original description, Mayrick 1890
Pilostibes, n. g.
Head with appressed hairs; ocelli absent; tongue short. Antennae moderate, in male shortly bipectinated throughout, basal joint moderate, rather swollen, without pecten. Abdomen linear, extending much beyond the hind wings, with small tufts along each side and with two apical lateral valves. Labial palpi long curved, ascending, second joint thickened with dense scales, more or less rough or almost tufted towards apex beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, with appressed scales, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, appressed to tongue. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate. Interior [sic] tibiae and tarsi thickened with dense scales; posterior tibiae rough-haired above and beneath.Forewings with vein 1 long-furcate towards base, 2 from 3/5, 3 from angle, 7 absent (coincident with 8), 8 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1 ¼, oblong-ovate; base below median, and inner margin clothed with long hairs, 1b shortly furcate at base, 3 and 4 from a point or stalked, 5 parallel to 4, 6 to 7 from a point or short-stalked, 8 connected with upper margin of cell at a point before middle.
Certainly a development of Cryptophaga.
Other references
[Cryptophasa] The genus is distinguished from all but Pilostibes by the pectinated antennae of the male. (Meyrick, 1890).
[Eschatura] This genus belongs to the group formerly maintained as a distinct family under the name Xyloryctidae, and is intermediate between Uzucha and Pilostibes. (Meyrick, 1897).
The genus Pilostibes, Meyr., I have dropped, as in all the specimens I have examined veins 7 and 8 are stalked. I can only conjecture that Mr. Meyrick was misled by an abnormal specimen in which vein 7 happened to be absent. P. enchidias, Meyr., is included under the present genus; P. stigmatias, Meyr., under Xylorycta. (Turner, 1898).
cryptophaga, M'Leay.
† cryptophasa, McLeay. (‡cryptophaga, Meyr.). = nycterobia (McLeay), Kby. = nycterobius (McLeay), Spence. = zitua, Wkr. = pilostibes, Meyr.
Type, γ. Pilostibes enchidias, Meyr.
= pilostibes, Meyr., Tr. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. XITI. 24. 26, No. 2 (1890); Trnr., Ann. Queensl. Mus., No. IV. 5 (189.7). (Walsingham and Durrant, 1900).
PILOSTIBES, Meyr.
Forewings with veins 7 and 8 stalked or coincident, 7 to costa.
On reconsideration, I have determined to retain this genus, altering the definition as above, and regarding P. enchidias, Meyr., as the type; referring P. stigmatias, Meyr., to Xylorycta. (Turner, 1900).
[Xylomimetes] Type Pilostibes trachyptera Turn., (Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 1900, p. 6). A very distinct genus, most nearly allied to Pilostibes Meyr. (Turner, 1916).
Diagnosis:
Description:
Head: male antennae ciliated in fascicles rather than pectinated.
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Flight period:
Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
Remarks: see remarks on P. basivitta.
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Pilostibes basivitta (Walker, 1864)
♀ - Qld, Toowoomba, 7. Jan. 1933, W.B. Barnard leg. (ANIC). [AMO].
♂ - Qld, Goodna (ANIC). [AMO].
Marisba basivitta Walker, 1864, Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29. 562–835 pp. [823]. Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, Australia.
Pilostibes enchidias Meyrick, 1890, Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [27].
Pilostibes enchidias Meyr. Lower, 1894, New Australian Heterocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 18: 77-113 [89]. Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂, Sydney and Newcastle, NSW.
Pilostibes enchidias. Illidge, 1895, Xylorycts, or timber moths. Queensland Natural History Society Transactions, 1, 29-34.
Cryptophaga enchidias, Meyr. Turner, 1898. The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [7].
Pilostibes enchidias, Meyr. Walsingham, 1898, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, vii-xii, following p. 444.
Cryptophasa enchidias, M. [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [178].
Marisba basivitta Wlk. [genus uncertain, Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [178].
Pilostibes basivitta (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 [88].
Cryptophasa enchidias, (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 24 April 2010].
Marisba basivitta 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 24 April 2010]. [Synonymy not noted].
Pilostibes basivitta (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 17 June 2010].
Original description, Walker, 1864
Marisba basivitta.
Mas. Pallide cinereo-cervina; palporum articulus 2us nigricante fimbriatus; alae anticae atomis paucis vittaque divisa abbreviata fusco marginata nigris, strigula transversa discali margineque exteriore nigricantibus.
Male. Pale cinereous fawn-colour. Second joint of the palpi fringed with blackish hairs. Fore legs mostly blackish. Fore wings with a few black speckles, and with a black dislocated brown-bordered stripe, which extends along half the length from the base; an exterior short oblique blackish streak in the disk; exterior border and fringe blackish; a hoary, tinge along the costa. Hind wings a little paler than the fore wings. Length of the body 8 lines [16.9mm]; of the wings 20 lines [42.3mm].
a. — Australia. From Mr. Damel's collection.
Synonymic description, Meyrick 1890
Pil. enchidias, n. sp.
Male 32mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi brownish-ochreous, terminal joint and apex of second white. Antennae brownish-ochreous. Thorax pale ochreous, mixed on back with blackish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior pair suffused with dark fuscous internally. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, hindmargin sinuate beneath apex, oblique, rounded beneath; whitish-ochreous; strong fuscous longitudinal streak, mixed with blackish, from base below costa to disc before middle, with two short oblique teeth from its upper edge, and its apex connected by a short line with an oblique linear blackish dot in disc beyond middle; a short blackish longitudinal dash beneath apex of this streak; a fine blackish line inner margin from 1/3 to anal angle: cilia whitish,. with a strong blackish line near base, tips fuscous-tinged at anal angle and blackish at apex. Hindwings whitish-yellowish; cilia white.
Newcastle and Sydney, New South Wales; in November, two specimens.
Other references
Pilostibes enchidias, Meyr.
Dr. A. J. Turner, of Brisbane (who generously presented me with a pair), has bred this species from a species of Eugenia (?) found a few miles from Brisbane, Queensland. It has hitherto only been recorded from New South Wales. (Lower, 1894).
Cryptophaga enchidias, Meyr. (Pilostibes enchidias, Meyrick, Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A. 1890; 27.) Male, 30-32 mm.; antennal pectinations, 1 – 1 ½. Female, 39-42 mm.
Nudgee, near Brisbane: larvae tunnel the stems of Melaleuca nodosa and Callistemon salignus dragging in leaves for food; moths emerge in November and December. (Turner, 1898).
Pilostibes enchidias, Meyr., ♀; (Walsingham, 1898).
cryptophaga, M'Leay.
† cryptophasa, McLeay. (‡cryptophaga, Meyr.). = nycterobia (McLeay), Kby. = nycterobius (McLeay), Spence. = zitua, Wkr. = pilostibes, Meyr.
Type, γ. Pilostibes enchidias, Meyr.
= pilostibes, Meyr., Tr. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. XITI. 24. 26, No. 2 (1890); Trnr., Ann. Queensl. Mus., No. IV. 5 (1897). (Walsingham and Durrant, 1900).
Crypt. Marisba, Walker 1864 (praeocc.) (...........)
Cat. XXIX 822: type basivitta, Wlk. [Australia].
[Note. This genus apparently has no valid name, Marisba being preoccupied by Wlk. Car XXVII 16-17 (1863).]
(Fletcher, 1929).
Diagnosis:
Description:
Head:
Pilostibes basivitta, ♂ head, IM08-2529, 22 October 2008, Imbil, Queensland.
Thorax:
Pilostibes basivitta, ♂ wing venation
Abdomen:
Pilostibes basivitta, ♂ genitalia. IM06-0672, 6 December 2006, Imbil, Queensland.
Pilostibes basivitta, aedeagus (not to scale) IM06-0672, 6 December 2006, Imbil, Queensland.
Food plants: Larva boring in stem and tying cut leaves to bore entrance. Larval foodplants: Callistemon salignus, Melaleuca nodosa (Myrtaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Flight period: October, November, December, January.
Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
Remarks: The wing venation of the specimen I examined agrees with Meyrick’s description, ie veins 7 and 8 (R5 and R4) of the forewing are fused. In the hindwing, vein 8 is forked (Sc + R1 are divided towards the costal margin), which may be abnormal.
This venation places Pilostibes in a close relationship with Echiomima. The genitalia of these two genera also show many similarities.
Turner’s dilemma about Pilostibes may have resulted from confusion of members of this genus with superficially similar species of Xylorycta.
Pilostibes embroneta Turner, 1902
♂ - Qld, Mareeba (ANIC). [AMO].
♀ - Qld, Mareeba (ANIC). TYPE [AMO].
Pilostibes embroneta Turner, 1902, New Australian Lepidoptera, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26: 175–207 [203]. Syntype(s) ANIC 2♂♀, Mareeba, Qld.
Pilostibes embroneta Turner, 1902. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [88].
Pilostibes embroneta Turner, 1902. 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 1902
Pilostibes embroneta, n. sp .
Male and female, 30-46 mm. Head brown-whitish; face white. Palpi white; external surface of second joint brownish. Antennae white; pectinations in male 1. Thorax pale brown. Abdomen whitish, mixed with reddish-brown. Legs brown-whitish. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa strongly arched, apex acute, hindmargin oblique, sinuate beneath apex; pale brown, with a very few scattered dark fuscous scales; a broad streak from base of costa to beyond middle of disc, toothed above at one-third and beneath at two-thirds, white, edged with dark fuscous, apical third narrow and wholly dark fuscous; cilia grey, with a strongly marked dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings 1 ½, hindmargin rounded; whitish, slightly brownish-tinged; cilia whitish.
Mareeba, Northern Queensland; two imagos bred in August from larvae feeding in the stems of a crimson-flowered Callistemon growing on the banks of the Barron River.
Diagnosis:
Description:
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Food plants: Larva boring in stem. Larval foodplant: Callistemon sp. (Myrtaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Flight period: August.
Distribution: Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
Remarks:
Pilostibes serpta T.P. Lucas, 1901
♂ - NSW, 2 km north of Hell Corner, Pilliga East State Forest, 11. Nov. 1995, L.S. Willan leg. (LWC). [AMO].
♀ - NSW, 2 km north of Hell Corner, Pilliga East State Forest, 11. Nov. 1995, L.S. Willan leg. (LWC). [AMO].
Pilostibes serpta T.P. Lucas, 1901, Queensland Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 16: 73–95 [84]. Holotype SAMA ♂, May Orchard, Brisbane, Qld.
Pilostibes serpta T.P. Lucas, 1901. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [88].
Cryptophasa serpta (T.P. Lucas, 1901). 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 24 April 2010].
Pilostibes serpta T.P. Lucas, 1901. 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, Lucas, 1901
Pilostibes serpta, nov. sp.
♂ 27 mm. Head palpi, and thorax snow white. Antennae white, shading to fuscous beyond base. Abdomen ochreous grey, with a band of orange red near edge of each segment. Forewing gently dilate; costa rounded, hind margin obliquely rounded, light ochreous fuscous, with central and marginal diffusions of darker fuscous, markings black or white and dark fuscous. Forewings with a subcostal black line from near base to beyond ½ costa, interrupted near base and dotted with white dots throughout; a band of ground colour suffused with bluish white separates this costal line from a median fuscous diffusion; in this darker area are two circuitous white lined rounded figures answering to discal and orbital, outline gently undulating in and out and containing darker fuscous toward costa; and with white dots scattered between figures, and a winding white line anterior to second figure, which turning sharply, circles obliquely to just before anal angle of inner margin; central fascia attenuated to a spear-like prominence beyond the second figure. Cilia light fuscous with an inner darker band. Hindwings light fuscous, lighter toward inner margin. Cilia dark fuscous. One specimen bred from a scrub tree, May Orchard, Brisbane.
Diagnosis:
Description:
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Flight period: November.
Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
Remarks:
Pilostibes stigmatias Meyrick, 1890
♀ - NSW, Rous, Richmond River, 10. Dec. 1924, V.J. Robinson leg. (LWC). [AMO].
♂ - NSW, Pyrocarpa Flora Reserve, Double Duke State Forest, 28. Sep. 1998, L.S. Willan leg. (LWC). [AMO].
ANIC. AMO.
Pilostibes stigmatias Meyrick, 1890. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [27]. Syntype(s) AM 2♀, Newcastle, NSW.
Pilostibes stigmatius, Meyr. T.P. Lucas, 1894: Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 8: 133–166 [161]. Spelling mistake.
Pilostibes stigmatias. Illidge, 1895: Xylorycts, or timber moths. Queensland Natural History Society Transactions, 1, 29-34. Common, 1990, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press. 227-230 [229].
Xylorycta stigmatias, Meyr. Turner, 1898. The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [12].
Xylorycta stigmatias, Meyr. Turner, 1900, New Micro-lepidoptera - mostly from Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 24: 6–23 [6].
Pilostibes stigmatias 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 stigmatias, (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 24 April 2010].
Pilostibes stigmatias 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
Pil. stigmatias, n. sp.
Female 44-46mm. Head and palpi brown, terminal joint fuscous-whitish. Antennae brownish, more whitish towards base. Thorax whitish-brown, with a blackish-fuscous transverse anterior spot. Abdomen whitish-fuscous, with a ferruginous band before middle, anal segment dark fuscous above. Legs brown. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin straight, rather oblique; pale brownish-ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous, costal half suffused with ochreous-brown; a moderate transverse oblong-oval very dark reddish-fuscous slenderly whitish-margined central spot, lower extremity becoming black and produced into a slender acute outwardly oblique tooth: cilia whitish-fuscous irrorated with ochreous-brown, with a fuscous subbasal and apical ferruginous line. Hindwings fuscous, lighter towards base; a darker hind-marginal line; cilia fuscous-whitish.
Newcastle, New South Wales; two specimens (Austr. Mus.).
Other references
Pilostibes stigmatius, [sic] Meyr.
Brisbane; two specimens, beaten from trees. (Lucas, 1894).
The genus Pilostibes, Meyr., I have dropped, as in all the specimens I have examined veins 7 and 8 are stalked. I can only conjecture that Mr. Meyrick was misled by an abnormal specimen in which vein 7 happened to be absent. P. enchidias, Meyr., is included under the present genus [Cryptophasa]; P. stigmatias, Meyr., under Xylorycta. (Turner, 1898).
Xylorycta stigmatias, Meyr. (Pilostibes stigmatias Meyrick, 27.) Male, 38 mm; antennae serrate in terminal half; ciliations, 1, anterior tarsi thickened with long scales.
Mount Tambourine: one specimen at light in November. Recorded from Brisbane by Lucas (Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 1893.) (Turner, 1898).
On reconsideration, I have determined to retain this genus, altering the definition as above [see generic description for Pilostibes], and regarding P. enchidias, Meyr., as the type; referring P. stigmatias, Meyr., to Xylorycta. (Turner, 1900).
Fig. 23.12: Common, 1990
Five species have been referred to Pilostibes Meyrick, including P. stigmatias Meyr. (Fig. 23.12) which occurs mainly in rainforest from southern Queensland to Newcastle, New South Wales. The larvae have been recorded as stem-borers in Elaeocarpus obovatus (Elaeocarpaceae). (Common, 1990).
Diagnosis:
Description:
Head:
Pilostibes stigmatias, ♂ head. IM11-0063, 29 November, 2011. Imbil, Queensland.
Thorax:
Pilostibes stigmatias, ♂ wing venation. IM11-0063, 29 November, 2011. Imbil, Queensland.
Abdomen:
Pilostibes stigmatias, ♂genitalia. IM11-0063, 29 November, 2011. Imbil, Queensland.
Pilostibes stigmatias, ♂ aedeagus. IM11-0063, 29 November, 2011. Imbil, Queensland.
Food plants: Larva in bore in stem. Larval foodplants: Elaeocarpus obovatus, Sloanea australis (Elaeocarpaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Flight period: September, December.
Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
Remarks: Male antennae finely ciliate rather than pectinate or serrate. It is probably this feature that led Turner to include P. stigmatias in Xylorycta. However, the wing venation of P. stigmatias does not resemble the venation described in the generic description; neither do its distinctive male genitalia resemble those of P. basivitta. Barcoding also places these species at a considerable distance from each other. Perhaps Turner was right, and P. stigmatias belongs in Xylorycta.