Zaphanaula hemileuca is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Zaphanaula. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1896. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Zaphanaula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Zaphanaula
Meyrick, 1920
Species:
Z. hemileuca
Binomial name
Zaphanaula hemileuca
(Turner, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Oecophora hemileuca Turner, 1896
  • Peltophora leucoplaca Lower, 1897
  • Philobota diffusa Lucas, 1901
  • Zaphanaula xenophila Meyrick, 1920
  • Antiopala moderata Turner, 1944

The wingspan is 15–20 mm. The forewings are snow-white with a broad fuscous streak from the base along the costa to one-third, which then proceeds a fuscous fascia, slightly outwardly oblique, to the inner margin before the middle, its anterior edge sharply defined, the posterior edge suffused. There is a darker dot on the fold on the posterior edge of this fascia and a broad fuscous fascia from the costa near the apex, narrowing abruptly to a point at the anal angle. Between the two fasciae are some obscure fuscous markings in the costal portion of the disc and there is a fuscous spot on the hindmargin below the middle. The hindwings are grey, with the basal half whitish-ochreous.

The larvae feed on Acacia aulacocarpa.[2]

References

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  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.