Xylorycta luteotactella

Xylorycta luteotactella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Xylorycta
Species:	X. luteotactella
Binomial name
Xylorycta luteotactella (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
Cryptolechia cognatella Walker, 1864

Xylorycta luteotactella, commonly known as the macadamia twig girdler, is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in Australia. The caterpillars cause economic damage to waratah and macadamia crops, the former by disfiguring the developing flowerheads.^[1]

Native to much of eastern Australia, it was first described by English entomologist Francis Walker in 1864 as Cryptolechia cognatella.

References

1. ^ Nixon, Paul (1997) [1989]. The Waratah (2nd ed.). East Roseville, NSW: Kangaroo Press. p. 57. ISBN 0-86417-878-6. 

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