Philarista porphyrinella is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It is found from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales, where it occurs both inland and near the coast.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Philarista Meyrick, 1917 |
| Species: | P. porphyrinella
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| Philarista porphyrinella (Walker, 1864)
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The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are creamy-ochreous with a purplish dark grey band from the costal half of the base of wing. The hindwings are yellow-ochreous, the hindmargin black with short fine transverse black lines.
Larvae have been recorded tunnelling the stems of Exocarpos cupressiformis.[1]
References
edit- ^ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia
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