Catoryctis sciastis

Catoryctis sciastis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Catoryctis
Species: C. sciastis
Binomial name
Catoryctis sciastis
(Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Xylorycta sciastis Meyrick, 1915
  • Lichenaula sciastis Lower, 1896

Catoryctis sciastis is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are light fuscous suffused with grey and irregularly sprinkled with whitish, with a few blackish scales and an undefined transverse bar of white irroration beneath the middle of the disc. The veins towards the lower half of the termen are more distinctly suffused with white. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous, more whitish towards the base, the apex and termen suffused with fuscous.[2]

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