Eschatura lemurias

Eschatura lemurias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Eschatura
Species: E. lemurias
Binomial name
Eschatura lemurias
Meyrick, 1897
Synonyms
  • Phloeophorba codonoptera Turner, 1898

Eschatura lemurias is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is 28-30 mm for males and 34-35 mm for females. The forewings are whitish-ochreous in males, while they are deep ochreous in females, in both with a strong shining whitish gloss. There is a grey-whitish discal spot edged with dark reddish-fuscous suffusion, ill-defined. The hindwings are pale yellowish.

The larvae feed on Waterhousea floribunda and Elaeocarpus angustifolia. They bore in the stem of their host plant.[2]

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