Heterochyta pyrotypa
| Heterochyta pyrotypa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Heterochyta |
| Species: | H. pyrotypa |
| Binomial name | |
| Heterochyta pyrotypa Common, 1996 | |
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Heterochyta pyrotypa is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Common in 1996. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, finely dusted with black and with an orange-red spot at the end of the cell. There is a hindmarginal row of black dots, continued around the apex to the costa. The hindwings are greyish-fuscous.[2]
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