Telecrates desmochrysa

Telecrates desmochrysa is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1896. It is found in Australia,^[1] where it has been recorded from South Australia.

Telecrates desmochrysa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Telecrates
Species:	T. desmochrysa
Binomial name
Telecrates desmochrysa Lower, 1896

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are black with ochreous markings and a narrow oblique fascia from the costa at the base to about one-eighth the inner margin. There is an oblique fascia from beneath the costa at one-fourth to below the middle of the disc at about one-fourth. The upper portion is somewhat irregular and broken and there is a similar fascia in the middle of the wing, not reaching either margin, with a semi-circular excavation on the lower portion of the anterior edge, as well as an irregular spot on the costa at about five-sixths and a dentate (tooth-like) line immediately beneath this, somewhat curved, not reaching but approaching the anal angle. The hindwings are bronzy fuscous with a well-marked wedge-shaped orange spot along the base, but not reaching the inner margin.

The larvae possibly feed on Banksia species.^[2]