| Xylorycta | |
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| Xylorycta stereodesma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Xylorycta Meyrick, 1890 |
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About 60 species; see text for details. | |
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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.[1]
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.[2]
- ^ Common, Ian Francis Bell (1990). Moths of Australia. Melbourne University Press. 0-522-84326-3.
- ^ "Xylorycta". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Retrieved 2007-05-16.