Lichenaula provisa
| Lichenaula provisa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Lichenaula |
| Species: | L. provisa
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| Binomial name | |
| Lichenaula provisa T. P. Lucas, 1900
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Lichenaula provisa is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Description[edit]
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are greyish white with fuscous specks, and markings of black and fuscous. There is a white blotch on the base having a black spot on the costa, and a black dash toward the hind inner margin, bordered by a transverse row of black dots. There is a white diffused patch covering two-fifths of the wing with an arched diffusion of the dots and splashes longitudinally through the centre to the inner margin at half. There is a line of six spots from the costa at two-fifths to the apex, becoming diffused into a fascia over the posterior three-fifths of the wing, irregularly marked with fuscous-black spots, and splashed with metallic copper. A white spur runs into this dark fascia halfway across the wing, immediately before the anal angle. There is a subterminal grey white line. The hindwings are ochreous white, with the veins grey, shaded with fuscous along the hindmargin.
Taxonomy[edit]
It was treated as a synonym of Lichenaula phloeochroa, but DNA barcoding has shown this species to be distinctly separate.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ McMillan, Ian (14 July 2010). "Lichenaula provisa T.P. Lucas, 1900". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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