Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Xyloryctidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Uzucha | |
Uzucha humeralis 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 New South Wales and Queensland.
The wingspan is 42-61 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged, sometimes reddish-tinged in the disc. The extreme costal edge is pale reddish-ochreous with a semicircular dark reddish-fuscous spot on the base of the costa, margined posteriorly with pale reddish-ochreous. The base of the inner margin is pale ochreous and there is a very small deep ferruginous or reddish-fuscous spot in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous, the apical two-fifths pale ochreous-yellowish, the division suffused.
The larvae feed on Eucalyptus maculata, Eucalyptus platyphylla and Angophora species from within a silken gallery covered by conspicuous brown web in the bark.