''Xylorycta bipunctella'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a win ...

. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 24–25 mm. The forewings are ochreous white, with the costa more ochreous tinged and the costal edge dark fuscous towards the base. There are two moderate roundish dark-grey dots transversely placed in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are ochreous whitish, slightly greyish tinged.Xyloryctine Moths of Australia

References

Xylorycta Moths described in 1864 {{Xyloryctidae-stub