Lichenaula drosias

Lichenaula drosias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Lichenaula
Species:	L. drosias
Binomial name
	Lichenaula drosias; Lower, 1899

Lichenaula drosias is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1899. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory, New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are white, very finely irrorated (sprinkled) with black and grey scales, so as to appear ashy-grey whitish. The extreme costal edge is whitish and there is a small blotch-like suffusion in the disc at two-fifths from the base, more or less connected by a fine black line from the base to the middle. The blotch is immediately followed by a well marked spot of ground colour and there is an obscure row of blackish spots along the apical fifth of the costa. The hindwings are pale greyish fuscous.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (28 August 2014). "Lichenaula drosias Lower, 1899". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
McMillan, Ian (20 July 2010). "Lichenaula drosias Lower, 1899". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

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[1] Savela, Markku (28 August 2014). "Lichenaula drosias Lower, 1899". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[2] McMillan, Ian (20 July 2010). "Lichenaula drosias Lower, 1899". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2020.