Biology:Gymnobathra callixyla
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Gymnobathra |
| Species: | G. callixyla
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnobathra callixyla (Meyrick, 1888)[1]
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Gymnobathra callixyla is a moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[3][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888 and named Leptosaces callixyla.[4] in 1915 Meyrick placed this species within the genus Cryptolechia.[5] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Gymnobathra.[2] However it has been hypothesised that this species probably belongs in a different genus.[1]
Description
The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, strewn with yellow-ochreous scales, in female suffused with yellow-ochreous towards the inner margin. There is a longitudinal yellow-ochreous streak in disc from one-third to three-fourths, in females extended to the base. There is a cloudy dark fuscous dot on this streak at one-third, a second beyond the middle and a third on the fold obliquely beyond the first. There is a yellow-ochreous transverse line, in males ill-defined, from four-fifths of the costa to the anal angle, sharply angulated in the middle, indented beneath the costa. There is an irregular yellow-ochreous hindmarginal line. The hindwings are grey. 
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References
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Wikidata ☰ Q55680842 entry
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