Uzucha humeralis

Uzucha humeralis is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Australia,^[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is 42-61 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged, sometimes reddish-tinged in the disc. The extreme costal edge is pale reddish-ochreous with a semicircular dark reddish-fuscous spot on the base of the costa, margined posteriorly with pale reddish-ochreous. The base of the inner margin is pale ochreous and there is a very small deep ferruginous or reddish-fuscous spot in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous, the apical two-fifths pale ochreous-yellowish, the division suffused.

The larvae feed on Eucalyptus maculata, Eucalyptus platyphylla and Angophora species from within a silken gallery covered by conspicuous brown web in the bark.^[2]

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