Xylorycta cygnella (Walker, 1864).
Cryptolechia cygnella Walker, 1864, Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29. 562–835 pp. [752]. Holotype BMNH ♂, Swan River, WA.
Xylorycta cygnella (Walker, 1864). Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [89].
Zauclophora cygnella Walker, 1864. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 5 May 2010].
Xylorycta cygnella (Walker, 1864). Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 19 June 2010].
Original description, Walker 1864
Cryptolechia cygnella.
Mas. Alba; palpi capitis latitudine multo longiores, articulo 2o extus flavescente; antennae subsetulosae; alae anticae apice rotundatae, subtus pallide fuscescentes.
Male. White. Palpi smooth, curved, ascending high above the vertex, much longer than the breadth of the head; second joint yellowish on the outer side; third setiform, shorter than the second. Antennae extremely minutely setulose. Abdomen extending beyond the hind wings. Fore wings rounded at the tips, pale brownish beneath; costa and exterior border hardly convex, the latter rather oblique. Length of the body 4 lines [8.5mm]; of the wings 10 lines [21.2mm].
a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson.
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Distribution: Western Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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