Copidoris
Monotypic moth genus in family Xyloryctidae
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Copidoris dimorpha is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Copidoris. The genus and species were both described by Edward Meyrick in 1907 and are found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.
| Copidoris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Copidoris Meyrick, 1907 |
| Species: | C. dimorpha |
| Binomial name | |
| Copidoris dimorpha Meyrick, 1907 | |
The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous, along the costa, dorsum and termen, or sometimes wholly suffused with rather dark fuscous irrorated with white and usually with a clear white median longitudinal streak from the base to the apex, but sometimes this is suffusedly mixed with fuscous. The hindwings are grey-whitish, becoming light grey posteriorly.[2]
