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Xylorycta sigmophora

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Xylorycta sigmophora
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X. sigmophora
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Xylorycta sigmophora
Lower, 1894

Xylorycta sigmophora is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 35 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey whitish, minutely irrorated with black and with an obscure patch of blackish scales towards the base, as well as a blackish S-shaped mark in the middle of the wing, followed by a small blackish suffusion. There is a hindmarginal row of confluent blackish dots, immediately followed by a whitish line on the extreme hindmargin. The hindwings are light fuscous.[2]

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