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Xylorycta
Xylorycta is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. Xylorycta species are found in Africa and Australia and are strongly associated with the plant family Proteaceae, being found on Hakea, Lambertia, Grevillea, Leptospermum, Macadamia, Oreocallis, Persoonia and Telopea. The larvae of some species bore into stems or branches, or the flower spikes of Banksia, but most live in a silk gallery spun in the foliage.
The genus was first published by amateur entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1890 in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. It is currently placed in the family Xyloryctidae. In older classifications it was placed in the subfamily Xyloryctinae, in the family Oecophoridae.
58 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Xylorycta luteotactella
speciesXylorycta luteotactella
Xylorycta apheles
speciesXylorycta apheles
Xylorycta melaleucae
speciesXylorycta melaleucae
Xylorycta assimilis
speciesXylorycta assimilis
Xylorycta haplochroa
speciesXylorycta haplochroa
Xylorycta argentella
speciesXylorycta argentella
Xylorycta austera
speciesXylorycta austera
Xylorycta parabolella
speciesXylorycta parabolella
Xylorycta heliomacula
speciesXylorycta heliomacula
Xylorycta flavicosta
speciesXylorycta flavicosta
Xylorycta strigata
speciesXylorycta strigata
Xylorycta cosmeta
speciesXylorycta cosmeta
Xylorycta ceratospila
speciesXylorycta ceratospila
Xylorycta perflua
speciesXylorycta perflua
Xylorycta emarginata
speciesXylorycta emarginata
Xylorycta leucophanes
speciesXylorycta leucophanes
Xylorycta calligramma
speciesXylorycta calligramma
Xylorycta ophiogramma
speciesXylorycta ophiogramma
Xylorycta viduata
speciesXylorycta viduata
Xylorycta chrysomela
speciesXylorycta chrysomela
Xylorycta cosmopis
speciesXylorycta cosmopis
Xylorycta maeandria
speciesXylorycta maeandria
Xylorycta bipunctella
speciesXylorycta bipunctella
Xylorycta amphileuca
speciesXylorycta amphileuca
Xylorycta molybdina
speciesXylorycta molybdina
Xylorycta streptogramma
speciesXylorycta streptogramma
Xylorycta amblygona
speciesXylorycta amblygona
Xylorycta stereodesma
speciesXylorycta stereodesma
Xylorycta placidella
speciesXylorycta placidella
Xylorycta melanula
speciesXylorycta melanula
Xylorycta cirrhophragma
speciesXylorycta cirrhophragma
Xylorycta micracma
speciesXylorycta micracma
Xylorycta moligera
speciesXylorycta moligera
Xylorycta synaula
speciesXylorycta synaula
Xylorycta artigena
speciesXylorycta artigena
Xylorycta candescens
speciesXylorycta candescens
Xylorycta cognatella
speciesXylorycta cognatella
Xylorycta thiophanes
speciesXylorycta thiophanes
Xylorycta malgassella
speciesXylorycta malgassella
Xylorycta ovata
speciesXylorycta ovata
Xylorycta chionoptera
speciesXylorycta chionoptera
Xylorycta homoleuca
speciesXylorycta homoleuca
Xylorycta melanias
speciesXylorycta melanias
Xylorycta polysticha
speciesXylorycta polysticha
Xylorycta tignaria
speciesXylorycta tignaria
Xylorycta tapeina
speciesXylorycta tapeina
Xylorycta sucina
speciesXylorycta sucina
Xylorycta argyrota
speciesXylorycta argyrota
Xylorycta corticana
speciesXylorycta corticana
Xylorycta conistica
speciesXylorycta conistica
Xylorycta amaloptis
speciesXylorycta amaloptis
Xylorycta castanea
speciesXylorycta castanea
Xylorycta cygnella
speciesXylorycta cygnella
Xylorycta nivella
speciesXylorycta nivella
Xylorycta philonympha
speciesXylorycta philonympha
Xylorycta sigmophora
speciesXylorycta sigmophora
Xylorycta orectis
speciesXylorycta orectis
Xylorycta parthenistis
speciesXylorycta parthenistis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 471517.