Xylorycta luteotactella

Xylorycta luteotactella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Xylorycta
Species:
X. luteotactella
Binomial name
Xylorycta luteotactella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia luteotactella Walker, 1864
  • Cryptolechia cognatella Walker, 1864

Xylorycta luteotactella, commonly known as the macadamia twig girdler, is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It is found in Australia. The caterpillars cause economic damage to waratah and macadamia crops, the former by disfiguring the developing flowerheads.[1]

References

  1. ^ Nixon, Paul (1997) [1989]. The Waratah (2nd ed.). East Roseville, NSW: Kangaroo Press. p. 57. ISBN 0-86417-878-6.


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