Catoryctis Meyrick, 1890
Catoryctis Meyrick, 1890, Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [24]. Type species: Oecophora subparallela Walker, 1864 by subsequent designation, see Fletcher, T.B. 1929.
Catoryctis. Meyrick, 1892, Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera, XVI, Tineidae, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, (2) (n.s.) 7 (4): 477-612 (525).
Catoryctis Meyr. Lower, 1896, A catalogue of Victorian Heterocera. Part xix. Victorian Naturralist 12: 149-152 [150].
Catoryctis Meyr. Turner, 1898, The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Ann. Qd Mus. 4: 1–32 [25].
Catoryctis Meyr. Tillyard, R.J., Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1926. 1-560. (426, Pl. 28:39.)
Catoryctis Meyrick, 1890 [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T.B. 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, 11: 1-244 (42).
Catoryctis Meyr. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press. 227-230 [228].
Catoryctis Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].
Catoryctis Meyrick, 1890. 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis Meyrick, 1890. 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 16 June 2010].
Original description, Meyrick 1890
Catoryctis, n.g.
Head smooth; ocelli absent; tongue well-developed. Antennae moderate, in male filiform or serrate, shortly ciliated (¼ – ½), basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second, slender, smooth, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, appressed to tongue. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibiae with appressed scales. Forewings with vein 1 furcate towards base, 2 from 2/3, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, or rarely 7 absent (coincident with 8), 11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal-ovate, 1b clothed with long hairs towards base, shortly fuscate [sic] at base, 3 and 4 from a point or short-stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 approximated at base, 8 connected with cell at a point near base.
The species of this genus are probably all attached to Casuarina, and have the longitudinally striped colouration necessary for concealment among the slender twigs of that tree.
Subsequent description, Turner, 1898
CATORYCTIS, Meyr.
Antennae of male filiform, simple; Meyrick describes .the antennae of male as shortly ciliated (¼ - ½), but I have always found a total absence of cilia. In the forewings vein 7 is absent (coincident in mediolinea and subparallela, present in all the other species.
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[Mimoscopa, Meyrick, Tineidae] Nearly related to Tinea, of which it is probably an offshoot;but the single species has a peculiar facies, nearly resembling the genus Catoryctis in the Xyloryctidae; whether the resemblance has anything to do with mimicry, or is associated with a similar habitat, there is at present no evidence to show. (Meyrick, 1892).
CATORYCTIS. Meyr.
635. C. subnexella, Walk. (Oecophora subnexella, Walk., 691; Catoryctis subnexella, Meyr., Tr. Roy. Soc. S.A., 43, 1889).
Melbourne. (Lower, 1896).
The genus Catoryctis (pl. 28, fig. 39) contains species with longitudinally striped forewings; the larvae feed on she-oaks (Casuarina). (Tillyard, 1926).
Catoryctis Meyrick includes nine described species, mostly with longitudinal silvery white stripes on the fore wings. They are usually associated with Casuarina (Casuarinaceae), and the larvae of C. subparallela (Walk.) (Pl. 5.7) form tubular shelters between the branches. Their white stripes probably aid in concealing them amongst the Casuarina foliage. (Common, 1990).
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Catoryctis subparallela, ♂ genitalia. 10 ml N of Upper Colo, NSW, 11 November 1968, collected by I.F.B. Common. ANIC slide no. 1460, dissected by D. Adamski. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.
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Catoryctis subparallela, aedeagus. 10 ml N of Upper Colo, NSW, 11 November 1968, collected by I.F.B. Common. ANIC slide no. 1460, dissected by D. Adamski. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.
Immature stages: Larval foodplant: Casuarina sp. (Casuarinaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Distribution: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Catoryctis eugramma Meyrick, 1890.
Catoryctis eugramma, QM
Catoryctis eugramma, ANIC
Catoryctis eugramma Meyrick, 1890. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [43]. Syntype(s) BMNH 4♂♀, Sydney and Shoalhaven, NSW.
Catoryctis eugramma Meyr.Turner, 1898. The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [26].
Catoryctis eugramma Meyr. Tillyard, R.J., Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1926. 1-560. (426, Pl. 28:39.)
Catoryctis eugramma Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].
Catoryctis eugramma Meyrick, 1890. 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis eugramma Meyrick, 1890. 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 16 June 2010].
Catoryctis eugramma, Zborowski and Edwards, 2007, A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO, 1- 214, [77].
Original description, Meyrick 1890
Cat. eugramma, n. sp.
Both sexes 25-26mm. Head light shining ochreous, sides white. Palpi ochreous-whitish. Antennae white, annulated with fuscous. Thorax brownish-ochreous, with a white stripe on each side of back. Abdomen pale ochreous. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior pair ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa strongly arched, apex tolerably pointed, hindmargin faintly sinuate, extremely oblique; 7 present; rather dark ochreous-brown; markings shining white; a moderate streak immediately beneath costa from near base to 3/6, sometimes cut posteriorly by one or two longitudinal veins; a moderate streak, anteriorly attenuated, from disc at 1/3 to apex; a slightly narrower streak from base along submedian fold to hind margin above anal angle, but posterior fourth reduced to two indistinct parallel lines; a slender somewhat irregular streak from inner margin near base to anal angle; a slender streak from inner margin at ¼, running near inner margin to beyond middle: cilia ochreous-brown, mixed with whitish, with a white· apical bar (imperfect). Hindwings fuscous, paler towards base, in male with a rather broad hind marginal band, narrowed towards apex, of somewhat raised brownish-ochreous scales; cilia fuscous-whitish.
Sydney and Shoalhaven, New South Wales; in September, January, and February, four specimens.
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Catoryctis eugramma, Meyr. Meyrick, 43. Brisbane. (Turner, 1898)
Catoryctis eugramma, pl. 28:39, Tillyard, 1926.
The genus Catoryctis (pl. 28, fig. 39) contains species with longitudinally striped forewings; the larvae feed on she-oaks (Casuarina). (Tillyard, 1926).
Catoryctis eugramma, P. 77, Zborowski and Edwards, 2007
The small Catoryctis eugramma is found in moist eucalypt forests from the Atherton Tableland to southern New South Wales. The larva bores in the branches of Casuarina (Casuarinaceae). The bold longitudinal lines are typical of moths that rest in grasses, or, in this case, the long needle-like branches of Casuarina. (Zborowski and Edwards, 2007).
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Flight period: September, January, February.
Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards 2003).
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Catoryctis leucomerata (Lower, 1893)
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Phthonerodes leucomerata, Lower, 1893. New Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 146-185 [173]. Holotype SAMA ♀, Parkside, SA.
Catoryctis leucomerata (Lower, 1893) (Phthonerodes), comb. n., Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [86].
Xylorycta leucomerata (Lower, 1893). 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis leucomerata (Lower, 1893). 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 16 June 2010].
Original description, Lower, 1893
PHTHONERODES (?) LEUCOMERATA, n. sp.
Female, 17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen, and legs whitish; segments of abdomen fuscous-reddish. Forewings oblong, costa strongly arched towards base; hindmargin obliquely rounded; pale-ochreous; a suffused reddish patch of scales above inner margin near base; some scattered fuscous scales mixed with white from base along inner margin to anal angle; an indistinct irregular line from one-fourth of costa to one-third of inner margin; a similar line from five-sixths costa to above anal angle, included space strongly irrorated with white, and all veins tending to be marked with black; cilia fuscous. Hindwings grey, paler towards base; cilia grey-whitish, with a dark basal line.
One specimen (at light), Parkside, S.A. In the absence of the male, it is impossible to refer this species with certainty to its genus.
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Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia. Endemic. (Edwards 2003).
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Catoryctis mediolinea T.P. Lucas, 1894.
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Catoryctis mediolinea T.P. Lucas, 1894. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 8: 133–166 [166]. Type: status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, Brisbane, Qld.
Catoryctis mediolinea, Lucas, Turner, 1898. The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [26].
Catoryctis mediolinea T.P. Lucas, 1894. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].
Catoryctis mediolinea T.P. Lucas, 1894. 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis mediolinea T.P. Lucas, 1894. 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 16 June 2010].
Original description, T.P. Lucas 1894
Catoryctis mediolinea, sp. nov.
♂ 22 mm. Head and palpi whitish-ochreous. Antennae finely white and black annulated. Thorax ochreous, white on dorsum. Abdomen ochreous. Forewings with costa rounded, whitish-ochreous with fuscous bands on veins; a broad median snow-white band from base narrowing sharply to a point at f5/6; cilia ochreous. Hindwings light ochreous; cilia ochreous.
Brisbane (Mr. Illidge).
Subequent description, Turner 1898
Catoryctis mediolinea, Lucas. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,, 1893, 166. Male, 23 mm. Forewings with vein 7 absent. A fine species, easily recognisable by the single broad white median streak not reaching apex. Brisbane; one specimen taken by Mr. Illidge.
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Catoryctis nonolinea T.P. Lucas, 1894
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Catoryctis nonolinea T.P. Lucas, 1894, Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities for known species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 8: 133–166 [165]. Type: status unknown, SAMA ♂, Bulimba, Qld.
Catoryctis nonolinea, Lucas, Turner, 1898, The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [26].
Catoryctis nonolinea T.P. Lucas, 1894. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].
Catoryctis nonolinea T.P. Lucas, 1894. 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis nonolinea T.P. Lucas, 1894. 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 16 June 2010].
Original description, T.P. Lucas 1894
Catoryctis nonolinea, sp. nov.
♂ 14 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous, terminal joint tinted with fuscous. Antennae white annulated with fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, with a faint fuscous line laterally and posteriorly. Abdomen light fuscous-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin oblique, rich chocolate-fuscous with ochreous-silvery lines; a slender attenuated streak immediately beneath costa from base to 2/5, a thin line immediately beneath this at 2/3 running obliquely to 2/3 costa, two short thin lines immediately beyond this and parallel, a short arrow-head line immediately beyond broadening in apical angle to apex, with a tendency to divide at apex, a moderately broad straight line from just before middle of wing to 1/3 hindmargin, with a tendency to divide before hindmargin, a narrower line immediately beneath and parallel to this imperfectly divided on hindmargin, a moderately broad streak from inner margin at base to anal angle, with a similar line parallel and close to inner margin: cilia light fuscous with base more or less ochreous. Hindwings light shining ochreous, with a fuscous cloudy suffusion at apical angle narrowing to a point opposite middle of hindmargin; cilia ochreous.
Brisbane (Mr. Illidge); taken on Casuarina suberosa.
Near to C. subnexella, Walk.
Subequent description, Turner, 1898
Catoryctis nonolinea, Lucas. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1893,165. Male and female, 13-15 mm. Forewings with vein 7 present. Head and face white. Palpi white; terminal joint pale fuscous. Antennae white, sharply annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous-brown, with three longitudinal white lines. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish; anterior pair infuscated. Forewings moderate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded; ochreous-brown, with numerous fine white lines; costal edge fuscous at extreme base; a subcostal line from base to middle of costa; a median line from base, bifurcating at 1/5, upper limb reaching 2/5, lower limb along fold, parallel and equal to upper limb; an inner marginal line commencing at 1/5 and reaching margin just before anal angle; four streaks parallel to veins running to costa; a second short median line from middle of disc, ending in a white spot at 4/5; four fine short streaks parallel to hindmarginal veins; an irregular white spot close to inner-marginal line near its termination; cilia whitish, extremities brownish. Hindwings in male white with a sharply defined dark-grey patch at apex; in female grey, darker at apex; cilia white.
Brisbane; two specimens taken by Mr. Illidge.
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Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Catoryctis perichalca Lower, 1923.
Catoryctis perichalca, syntype. South Australian Museum, Adelaide. © SAMA..
Catoryctis perichalca Lower, 1923, Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 54–57 [56]. Syntype(s) SAMA 2♀, Highbury, SA.
Catoryctis perichalca Lower, 1923. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].
Catoryctis perichalca Lower, 1923. 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis perichalca Lower, 1923. 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 16 June 2010].
Original description, Lower, 1923
Catoryctis perichalca, n. sp.
♀ 25-27 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax silvery-white, second joint of palpi fuscous, patagiae light ochreous-fuscous. Antennae white, annulated with fuscous above. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous, segmental margins dull whitish. Legs ochreous, anterior and middle pair suffused with whitish. Forewings elongate, costa rather strongly arched, termen obliquely rounded; bright ochreous-fuscous, with silvery-white markings; a narrow subcostal streak from near base to middle, touching costa on anterior end and becoming attenuated posteriorly; two very fine short streaks, somewhat obscure, between posterior extremity of subcostal streak and costa at four-fifths, both touching costa; a broad, clear, longitudinal streak, from base to just above middle of termen, posterior half somewhat attenuated; a similar streak from base along dorsum to one-sixth, thence continued above dorsum to termen above tornus, attenuated at base; cilia ochreous-fuscous, becoming grey-whitish around tornus, and silvery-white below apex, caused by the median line being continued through cilia. Hindwings fuscous; cilia fuscous-whitish.
Hab. – Highbury, South Australia; two specimens in October.
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Distribution: South Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Catoryctis polysticha Lower, 1893
Catoryctis polysticha, holotype. South Australian Museum, Adelaide. © SAMA.
Catoryctis polysticha Lower, 1893. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].
Catoryctis polysticta [sic] Lower, 1893. 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis polysticha Lower, 1893. 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 16 June 2010].
Original description, Lower 1893
Catoryctis polysticha, n. sp.
Female, 26 mm. Head, thorax, and antennae fuscous, collar white, palpi fuscous, second joint externally whitish. Legs whitish. Abdomen fuscous, segmental margins dull ferruginous. Forewings elongate, costa rather strongly arched, apex somewhat pointed, hindmargin very oblique; 7 present; slaty-fuscous; markings white outlined with blackish; a moderate streak along costa from base to beyond two-thirds posteriorly strongly attenuated and leaving extreme costal edge fuscous towards base; a moderate streak from base direct to middle of hindmargin, attenuated at ends; a similar streak immediately beneath, from base to anal angle attenuated posteriorly; three rather short tine lines towards hindmargin, between last two streaks; a slender line from three-fourths of disc to costa, before apex; a similar but shorter streak beneath to apex; some obscure whitish scales along inner margin indicating an unexpressed streak; cilia fuscous. Hindwings grey, posteriorly fuscous-tinged; cilia whitish with a dark-fuscous basal line.
Intermediate between “subnexella,” Walk., and “tricrena,” Meyr. One specimen (at light) in November, at Parkside, S.A.
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Distribution: South Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Catoryctis sciastis (Meyrick, 1915)
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Lichenaula sciastis Lower, 1896. A catalogue of Victorian Heterocera. Part xix. The Victorian Naturalist, 12: 149–152 [151] [nom. nud.].
Xylorycta sciastis Meyrick, 1915. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1(10–15): 289–320, 321–352, 353–384, 385–416, 417–448, 449–480 [375]. Holotype BMNH ♂, Melbourne, Vic.
Catoryctis sciastis (Meyrick, 1915), (Xylorycta), comb. n., Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [86].
Xylorycta sciastis (Meyrick, 1915). 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis sciastis (Meyrick, 1915). 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 16 June 2010].
Nomen nudum, Lower 1896
L. sciastis, Meyr. (MSS.)
Melbourne.
Original description, Meyrick 1915
Xylorycta sciastis, n. sp.
♂. 32 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint slightly sprinkled with fuscous. Antennae slender, simple. Thorax light brownish mixed with whitish. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, cost a moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique; 7 to apex; light fuscous suffused with grey and irregularly sprinkled with whitish, with a few blackish scales; an undefined transverse bar of white irroration beneath middle of disc; veins towards lower half of termen more distinctly suffused with white : cilia grey mixed with whitish. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, more whitish towards base, apex and termen suffused with fuscous; cilia light greyish with darker subbasal line, tips whitish.
Victoria, Melbourne (Kershaw); one specimen. Allied to [Phthonerodes] scotarcha.
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Catoryctis sciastis, aedeagus, Black Mountain light trap, Canberra, ACT, 3 October 1961, collected by I.F.B. Common. ANIC slide no. G363, dissected by I.F.B. Common, 1963. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.
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Distribution: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Catoryctis subnexella (Walker, 1864)
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Oecophora subnexella Walker, 1864, Tineites, List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29. 562–835 pp. [691]. Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀, Sydney, NSW.
Catoryctis subnexella, Walk. Meyrick, 1890. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [43].
Catoryctis subnexella, Walk. Lower, 1896, A catalogue of Victorian Heterocera. Part xix. Victorian Naturralist 12: 149-152 [150].
Catoryctis subnexella (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 [86].
Catoryctis subnexella (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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis subnexella (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 16 June 2010].
Original description: Walker 1964
Oecophora subnexella.
Foem. Argenteo-alba; abdomen pallide cervinum; alae anticae aeneo-cervinae, strigis pallidioribus, striga subcostali lanceolata, vitta media strigaque postica intersecta argenteis; posticae cinereo-aeneae, fimbria albida .
Female. Silvery white. Abdomen pale fawn-colour above. Wings moderately broad, slightly rounded at the tips. Fore wings aeneous fawn-colour, with paler streaks between the veins;. a silvery lanceolate subcostal streak extending along half the length from the base; a silvery middle stripe, which is very obliquely intersected at one third of the length and extends to the tip of the wing; a silvery streak very near the interior border, and extending along half the length from near the base of the latter. Hind wings cinereous-aeneous; fringe whitish. Length of the body 5 lines [10.6mm]; of the wings, 14 lines [29.6mm].
a. Australia. From Mr. Milne's collection.
b. Sydney. From Mr. Lambert's collection.
Subsequent description: Meyrick 1890
Cat. subnexella Walk.
(Oecophora subnexella, Walk., 691.)
Both sexes 16-23mm. Head iridescent-whitish, back of crown ochreous. Palpi with second joint light fuscous mixed with whitish, more whitish beneath, terminal joint fuscous with an indistinct whitish lateral line. Antennae white, annulated with dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous, sometimes mixed with whitish on back, patagia iridescent towards apex. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish, anterior pair fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hind mar gin straight, oblique; 7 present; fuscous, more or less ochreous-tinged; a white attenuated streak immediately beneath costa, from base to middle; all veins tending to be marked posteriorly with whitish streaks, but generally very indistinct; a moderate straight silvery-white longitudinal median streak from base to apex, interrupted by a very oblique line of ground-colour before middle, lower edge emitting one or two short very oblique teeth on veins posteriorly; sometimes a small darker spot on lower margin of this at it 2/3; a slender whitish longitudinal streak from inner margin at ¼ to beyond middle, often almost entirely obsolete: cilia fuscous, mixed with paler, with a white basal spot at apex. Hindwings fuscous or grey, becoming lighter and sometimes ochreous-tinged towards base; cilia whitish, with a light fuscous line.
Sydney, New South Wales; Melbourne, Victoria; Geraldton and Perth, West Australia; in November, seven specimens.
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CATORYCTIS. Meyr.
635. C. subnexella, Walk. (Oecophora subnexella, Walk., 691; Catoryctis subnexella, Meyr., Tr. Roy. Soc. S.A., 43, 1889).
Melbourne. (Lower, 1896).
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Food plants: Larval foodplant: Casuarina sp. (Casuarinaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
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Distribution: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Catoryctis subparallela (Walker, 1864)
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ANIC
Oecophora subparallela Walker, 1864, Tineites, List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29. 562–835 pp. [690]. Syntype(s) BMNH 2♀, Moreton Bay, Qld.
Oecophora nexella Walker, 1864. Tineites, List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29. 562–835 pp. [692]. Holotype BMNH ♂, unknown.
Oecophora fissulella Walker, 1864. Tineites, List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 30. 836–1096 pp. [incl. Index to parts 27-30] [1032]. Holotype BMNH ♂, Morton Bay, Qld.
Catoryctis subparallela, Walk., Meyrick,1890. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [42].
Catoryctis subparallela, Walk., Turner, 1898. The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [26].
Catoryctis subparallela, (Walk.), I.F.B. Common, Australian Moths, Jacaranda Press, 1963, 1-128 (50-54) [52-53, fig 109].
Catoryctis subparallela, Wlk. [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [42].
Catoryctis subparallela, (Walk.), Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press. 227-230 [228].
Catoryctis subparallela (Walker, Mar. 1864). Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86, 346: Note #126].
Catoryctis subparallela 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis subparallela (Walker, Mar. 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 16 June 2010].
Original description: Walker, 1864
Oecophora subparallela.
Foem. Argenteo-alba; antennae gracillimae; thorax aureo bivittatus; alae anticae longae, viittis septem auratis, 1a costali, 2a 3a 4aque. connexis, 4a subfurcata, 5a subramosa, 6a brevissima; posticae pallidae cinereae, extus subauratae.
Female. Silvery white. Palpi smooth, nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head; third joint setiform, shorter than the second. Antennae very slender. Thorax with a gilded stripe along each side. Legs short, stout, smooth. Wings elongate. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with seven gilded stripes; first stripe costal; second united to the fourth near the base; third united to the fourth at somewhat beyond half the length; fourth slightly forked near its tip; fifth slightly branched near its tip; sixth very short; seventh on the interior border; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind wings pale cinereous, slightly gilded exteriorly; fringe whitish. Length of the body 4-5 lines [8.5 – 10.6mm]; of the wings 12-14 lines [25.4 – 29.6mm] .
a, b. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles collection.
Synonomic description: Walker, 1864
Oecophora nexella.
Foem. Argenteo-alba; alae anticae ochraceo-cervinae, strigis quatuor subcostalibus vittisque duabus fimbriaque postica argenteis; posticae pallidissime cervinae.
Female. Silvery white. Palpi nearly twice longer than the breadth of the head; third joint setiform, straight, as long as the second. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings ochraceous fawn-colour, rounded at the tips, with two silvery nearly parallel stripes; four silvery streaks between the first stripe and the costa; first streak parallel and very near to the costa; second slightly oblique. more than twice longer than the third and the fourth, which are near the tip; fringe silvery towards the interior angle; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings very pale fawn-colour. Length of the body 5 lines [10.6mm]; of the wings 14 lines [29.6mm].
a. –––? From Mr. Milne's collection.
Synonomic description: Walker, 1864
Oecophora fissulella.
Mas. Argenteo-alba; palpi subaurati; antennae glabrae; thorax aureo trivittatus; tibiae posticae non fimbriatae alae anticae sat angustae, apice subrotundatae, aureo trivittatae, vitta 1a triramosa, striga aurea inter vittas posteriores; posticae pallidissimae cervinae.
Male. Silvery white. Palpi smooth, slender, slightly gilded, less than twice the length of the breadth of the head; third joint setiform, very little shorter than the second. Antennae smooth, slender. Thorax with three gilded stripes. Abdomen and hind wings very pale fawn-colour, the former extending rather beyond the latter; Legs smooth, rather stout; hind tibiae not fringed. Fore wings rather narrow, slightly rounded at the tips, with three gilded stripes; first stripe subcostal, emitting two very oblique streaks to the costa; a gilded streak extending along half the length from the base between the second stripe and the third, which is along the interior border; exterior border straight, · very oblique.
Length of the body 4 ½ lines [9.5mm]; of the wings 11 lines [23.3mm].
a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection.
Subsequent description: Meyrick, 1890
Cat. subparallela, Walk.
(Oecophora subparallela, Walk., 690; Oec. nexella, ib., 692; Oec. fissulella, ib., 1032.)
Male 17-21mm. Head light shining ochreous, sides white. Palpi pale ochreous, terminal joint and apex of second whitish. Antennae white, annulated with fuscous. Thorax white, anterior margin and a lateral stripe pale ochreous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs light ochreous, anterior pair fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin faintly sinuate, oblique; 7 absent; brownish-ochreous, golden-tinged; a slender silvery-white attenuated streak immediately beneath costa from near base to beyond middle; a whitish line from beneath this at 1/3 to costa at ¾, and another from beneath this beyond middle to costa before apex; a moderately broad straight entire silvery-white longitudinal median streak from base to apex; a similar narrower parallel streak from inner margin at 1/3 to hind margin below middle : cilia greyish-ochreous, darker on costa, cut by ill-defined white bars on longitudinal streaks, on anal angle wholly white. Hindwings whitish-ochreous, anal angle yellow-ochreous; cilia whitish-ochreous.
Sydney, New South Wales; several specimens taken and bred, in November and February. Larva feeding between joined twigs of Casuarina suberosa, in October.
Other references:
Catoryctis subparallela, Walk.
(Oecophora subparallela, Walker, 690; Oec. nexella, ib., 692 j Oec. fissulella, ib., 1032 . Catoryctis subparallela, Meyrick, 42.) Brisbane. (Turner, 1898).
Catoryctis subparallela, fig 109, Common 1963.
The striped forewings of Catoryctis subparallela (Walk. ) (109, male 0.9 inch ) provide camouflage amongst the Casuarina foliage upon which the larvae feed. Common, 1963).
Catoryctis subparallela, Pl. 5.7: Common, 1990
They are usually associated with Casuarina (Casuarinaceae), and the larvae of C. subparallela (Walk.) (Pl. 5.7) form tubular shelters between the branches. (Common, 1990).
126. Catoryctis subparallela (Walker, Mar. 1864) and C. nexella (Walker, Mar. 1864) were published simultaneously. Priority was given to C. subparallela (Walker) by Meyrick (1890a) as first reviser. (Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [346: Note #126].)
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Catoryctis subparallela, ♂ genitalia. Brisbane, November. ANIC slide no. G270, dissected by I.F.B. Common, 1959. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.
Catoryctis subparallela, ♂ genitalia. 10 ml N of Upper Colo, NSW, 11 November 1968, collected by I.F.B. Common. ANIC slide no. 1460, dissected by D. Adamski. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.
Catoryctis subparallela, aedeagus. 10 ml N of Upper Colo, NSW, 11 November 1968, collected by I.F.B. Common. ANIC slide no. 1460, dissected by D. Adamski. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.
Catoryctis subparallela, ♀ genitalia. 6 km N of Brisbane, 1976, collected by I.F.B. Common and E.D. Edwards. ANIC slide no. 1459, dissected by D. Adamski. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.
Food plants: Larva in tubular shelter in branchlets. Larval foodplant: Casuarina sp. (Casuarinaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Flight period: November, February.
Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
Remarks:
Catoryctis tricrena Meyrick, 1890
ANIC
Catoryctis tricrena Meyrick, 1890, Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera, Part I. Xyloryctidae, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [44]. Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂, Victor Harbour, SA.
Catoryctis tricrena, Meyrick, Turner, 1898, The Xyloryctidae of Queensland, Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [26].
Catoryctis tricrena Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].
Catoryctis tricrena Meyrick, 1890. 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis tricrena Meyrick, 1890. 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 16 June 2010].
Original description, Meyrick, 1890
Cat. tricrena, n. sp.
Male 20-21mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint light greyish-ochreous above towards base. Antennae fuscous, dotted with whitish, base white. Thorax white, anterior margin, a lateral stripe, and a narrow stripe on each side of back light fuscous. Abdomen whitish. Legs whitish, anterior pair fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably pointed, hind margin faintly sinuate, oblique; 7 present; fuscous; a white streak from base immediately beneath costa, reaching costa at ¼, and continued along it to 2/3, finely attenuated; one or two short whitish lines between veins towards costa posteriorly; a moderate straight white longitudinal median streak from base to apex, posterior fourth cut by a longitudinal fuscous line; three short white longitudinal lines between veins towards hindmargin; an ill-defined narrow whitish straight longitudinal streak from base of inner margin direct to anal angle, posteriorly confluent with a fine whitish line along submedian fold: cilia whitish, mixed with fuscous (imperfect). Hindwings grey; cilia grey-whitish.
Victor Harbour, South Australia, in November; two specimens received from Mr. E. Guest.
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Catoryctis tricrena, Meyr. Meyrick, 44.
Var. Brisbanensis. Differs from the typical form in the presence of an additional white streak close to inner-margin from base to anal angle.
Brisbane. (Turner, 1898).
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Food plants: Larval foodplant: Casuarina sp. (Casuarinaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Flight period: November.
Distribution: South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Catoryctis truncata T.P. Lucas, 1902
Catoryctis truncata T.P. Lucas, 1902. New species of Queensland Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 27: 246–251 [249]. Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, May Orchard, Brisbane, Qld.
Catoryctis truncata T.P. Lucas, 1902. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].
Catoryctis truncata T.P. Lucas, 1902. 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 7 April 2010].
Catoryctis truncata T.P. Lucas, 1902. 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 16 June 2010].
Original description, T.P. Lucas, 1902
Catoryctis truncata, n. sp.
♂. 20 mm. Head ochreous-white; palpi ochreous-white, terminal joint diffused and sparingly dotted with fuscous; antennae dark fuscous; thorax ochreous; abdomen ochreous, with a band of blackish-fuscous at base of segments; legs fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded, ochreous, with white bands and blackish fuscous lines and bands. Forewings with four longitudinal bands of ground colour, the first along costa, thins out towards apex and base, and is bounded by a subcostal silver-white line from base to beyond ½ costa; the second line is median and is suffused with silvery-white; the third line is immediately before the inner margin and the fourth is inner marginal, both are from near base of inner margin and thin out towards apex; the space between first and second lines is deep blackish-fuscous, and is divided by eight lines of ground colour, running obliquely outwards from median to costa, the apical ones gradually become shorter; the second space between the second and third bands is blackish-fuscous and is divided in hind marginal third by four ground colour longitudinal parallel lines: cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings light grey shaded with darker fuscous; veins darker; cilia greyish-fuscous, with a broad darker band near base.
May Orchard, Brisbane; one specimen at light.
Allied to C. subparallela, Meyr. (?), and C. nono-linea, Lucas.
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Food plants: Larval foodplant: Casuarina sp. (Casuarinaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
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Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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