Iulactis semifusca

Iulactis semifusca is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.

Iulactis semifusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Iulactis
Species:
I. semifusca
Binomial name
Iulactis semifusca
Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are brown, on the dorsal half or sometimes wholly suffused with fuscous. There is a broad white supramedian streak from the base to two-thirds, not quite reaching the costal edge on its basal half, then narrowed to the extremity. There is a very oblique slender white streak from the costa beyond the middle to the extremity of a black subapical dash and there are two short white transverse marks from the costa beyond this, and a white wedge-shaped spot along the apical part of the costa, as well as a white suboval blotch almost on the lower half of the termen, marked with four or five fine black longitudinal lines. The hindwings are light grey, somewhat darker posteriorly.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Iulactis semifusca Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. McMillan, Ian (28 July 2010). "Iulactis". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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