Iulota ithyxyla is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[1]
| Iulota ithyxyla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Iulota |
| Species: | I. ithyxyla
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| Binomial name | |
| Iulota ithyxyla Meyrick, 1904
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The wingspan is 11–13 mm (0.43–0.51 in). The forewings are bright deep golden bronze with a broad white costal streak from the base almost to the apex, faintly purplish tinged, edged beneath with some dark fuscous scales, the anterior half including a light brassy-yellow streak. There is a suffused white dorsal streak from near the base to near the tornus. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (28 August 2014). "Iulota ithyxyla Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 283 – via Internet Archive.
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