Endoxyla leucomochla

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Endoxyla leucomochla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Hexapoda
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Endoxyla
Species: E. leucomochla
Binomial name
Endoxyla leucomochla
Turner, 1915

Endoxyla leucomochla is a species of cossid moth endemic to Australia. The larvae of the moth is commonly known as the "witchetty grub", and was widely used as bushfood by Indigenous Australians.[1]

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