Pilostibes embroneta

Pilostibes embroneta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Pilostibes
Species: P. embroneta
Binomial name
Pilostibes embroneta
Turner, 1902

Pilostibes embroneta is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Turner in 1902. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 30-46 mm. The forewings are pale brown, with a very few scattered dark fuscous scales and a broad streak from the base of the costa to beyond the middle of the disc, toothed above at one-third and beneath at two-thirds, white, edged with dark fuscous, the apical third narrow and wholly dark fuscous. The hindwings are whitish, slightly brownish-tinged.

The larvae feed on Callistemon species. They bore in the stem of their host plant.[2]

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