Iulactis semifusca is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Iulactis |
| Species: | I. semifusca
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| Binomial name | |
| Iulactis semifusca Meyrick, 1918
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The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are brown, on the dorsal half or sometimes wholly suffused with fuscous. There is a broad white supramedian streak from the base to two-thirds, not quite reaching the costal edge on its basal half, then narrowed to the extremity. There is a very oblique slender white streak from the costa beyond the middle to the extremity of a black subapical dash and there are two short white transverse marks from the costa beyond this, and a white wedge-shaped spot along the apical part of the costa, as well as a white suboval blotch almost on the lower half of the termen, marked with four or five fine black longitudinal lines. The hindwings are light grey, somewhat darker posteriorly.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Iulactis semifusca Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ McMillan, Ian (28 July 2010). "Iulactis". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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