Uzucha borealis
Appearance
Uzucha borealis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Uzucha |
Species: | U. borealis
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Binomial name | |
Uzucha borealis Turner, 1898
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Uzucha borealis is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Turner in 1898. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is about 47 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous brown with a dark reddish-fuscous spot on the base of the costa and a conspicuous reddish-fuscous spot in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are pale ochreous, with the basal third fuscous and the division suffused.
The larvae feed on Eucalyptus platyphylla from within a silken gallery covered by a conspicuous brown web in the bark.[2]
References
- ^ Uzucha borealis. funet.fi. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia
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