Xyleutes persona
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Xyleutes |
| Species: | X. persona |
| Binomial name | |
| Xyleutes persona (Le Guillou, 1841) | |
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Xyleutes persona is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in the Indian Subregion, south-east Asia, Sundaland, Sulawesi, New Guinea and Queensland. The habitat consists of lowland forests.[1]
Illustration
Adults are brown with black spots and speckles. There are irregular white patches along the inner and outer margins of the forewings.[2]
Larvae bore Casuarina trees and have also been recorded feeding on Durio and Premna species.
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