Maroga leptopasta Turner, 1917
♀ - NT, Lee Point, 8. Mar. 1969, M.S. Upton leg. (ANIC). [AMO].
♂ - NT, Rimbija Island, Wessel Islands Lat. 11' 01'' S Long. 136' 45'' E, 18. Jan. 1977, E.D. Edwards leg. (ANIC). [AMO].
♂ - NT, Darwin, G.H. Hill leg. (ANIC). HOLOTYPE [AMO].
♂ - Qld, Mt Isa, 1. Dec. 1987, S. Bristoe leg. (LWC). EMERGED [AMO].
Maroga leptopasta Turner, 1917, Lepidopterological gleanings. Proc. R. Soc. Qd 29: 70–106 [98]. Syntype(s) ANIC 2 ♂, Port Darwin, NT.
Maroga leptopasta Turner, 1917. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [88].
Cryptophasa leptopasta Turner 1917. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 24 April 2010].
Maroga leptopasta Turner, 1917. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 18 June 2010].
Original description, Turner 1917
Maroga leptopasta, n. sp.
λεπτοπαστος, lightly sprinkled.
♂ 46-50 mm. Head whitish. Palpi dark-fuscous. Antennae dark-fuscous, paler towards apex; in ♂ shortly laminate and minutely ciliated. Thorax grey, tegulae whitish. Abdomen fuscous, bases of segment suffused with ferruginous; three basal segments grey; tuft and apices of lateral marginal hairs ochreous; underside whitish. Legs fuscous; posterior tibiae, and posterior surface of middle tibiae ochreous; middle and posterior tarsi annulated with whitish. Forewings sub-oblong, costa straight, apex rounded-rectangular, termen scarcely oblique, rounded beneath; grey-whitish very sparsely irrorated with large single black scales; sometimes a black discal dot at 2/3; cilia whitish, sometimes with a few black scales. Hindwings somewhat prominent at tornus; whitish; cilia whitish.
Near M. setiotricha Meyr., but smaller, .the forewings whiter, the irroration much more sparse , and yet coarser. M. paragypsa Low., which I have not seen should be distinguishable by the long yellowish hairs on hindwings.
N.A. Port Darwin in February; two specimens received from Mr. G.F. Hill.
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Flight period: December, January, February, March.
Distribution: Northern Territory. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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