Catoryctis subparallela (Walker, 1864)
 (one synonym : Oecophora nexella Walker, 1864)
XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

These caterpillars feed on

  • Sheoaks ( Casuarina species, CASUARINACEAE ).


    (Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

    The adult moths are white with three brown stripes along each forewing. The hindwings are pearly pale brown, fading to white at the bases. The moths have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.


    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

    The species has been found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, Pl. 5.7, p. 228.

    Ian McMillan,
    Catoryctis, Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
    Blog, Monday, October 11, 2010.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 217.

    Francis Walker,
    Tineites,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 29 (1861), p. 690, No. 77.

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    (written 6 June 2013, updated 27 December 2025)

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