Macrocyttara expressa

Macrocyttara expressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Macrocyttara
Species: M. expressa
Binomial name
Macrocyttara expressa
(T.P. Lucas, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Culama expressa Lucas, 1902

Macrocyttara expressa is a moth in the Cossidae family. It was described by T.P. Lucas in 1902. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from southern Queensland.

The wingspan is about 28–30.5 mm for males and 38.5–41.5 mm.[2] The forewings range from grey to brown with a pale diagonal band and a fine black markings.

The larvae bore into Aegiceras corniculatum. Pupation takes place in the tunnel in a cocoon covered in frass.[3]

References

  1. Macrocyttara at funet
  2. Kallies, A. & Hilton, D.J., 2012: Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Zootaxa 3454: 1-62. Abstract: .
  3. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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