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Lichenaula afflictella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Xyloryctidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lichenaula

Lichenaula afflictella is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 29.6 mm. Males are white, the forewings rounded at the tips, with black speckles, which are mostly confluent, except towards the base. There are four blackish discal points, two before the middle, the other two beyond the middle. There are also two incomplete diffuse blackish bands and the exterior border is slightly convex and very oblique. The hindwings are cinereous. Females are cinereous.

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Lichenaula afflictella Wikipedia