Pilostibes stigmatias

Pilostibes stigmatias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Pilostibes
Species:	P. stigmatias
Binomial name
	Pilostibes stigmatias; Meyrick, 1890

Pilostibes stigmatias is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is 44–46 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ochreous irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous, the costal half suffused with ochreous brown and with a moderate transverse oblong-oval very dark reddish-fuscous slenderly whitish-margined central spot, the lower extremity becoming black and produced into a slender acute outwardly oblique tooth. The hindwings are fuscous, lighter towards the base and with a darker hindmarginal line.

The larvae feed on Elaeocarpus obovatus and Sloanea australis. They bore in the stem of their host plant.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Pilostibes stigmatias Meyrick, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
McMillan, Ian (9 July 2010). "Pilostibes". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Pilostibes stigmatias Meyrick, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[2] McMillan, Ian (9 July 2010). "Pilostibes". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2020.