Xyroptila marmarias

Xyroptila marmarias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on the Atherton Tableland in Queensland, Australia, and it is also known from New Guinea.[1]

Xyroptila marmarias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Xyroptila
Species:
X. marmarias
Binomial name
Xyroptila marmarias
Meyrick, 1908

The bright colours of the adult suggest it is a day active species.

Its biology is unknown, but the larvae of various related species feed on flowers.

References
  1. Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera)
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