Species Xylorycta argyrota Lower, 1908

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• Xylorycta argyrota Lower, O.B. 1908. New Australian Lepidoptera. No. XXV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 110-120 [116].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 15♂♀, Henley Beach, SA.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva boring in stems. Larval foodplant: Juncus sp. (Juncaceae).

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	GELECHIOIDEA	19-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Cathy Byrne (TMAG) Ms Eileen Lee (TMAG)
		29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED