Xylorycta castanea is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1902. It is found in Australia,^[1] where it has been recorded from Victoria.

Xylorycta castanea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Xylorycta
Species:	X. castanea
Binomial name
Xylorycta castanea (Turner, 1902)
Synonyms
Lichenaula castanea Turner, 1902

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are whitish irrorated with reddish-brown and purple-brown scales forming very confused markings. The purple-brown scales predominate along the inner margin, the reddish-brown tend to form four suffused nearly equidistant transverse fasciae. Of these, the last, which is hindmarginal, is the best marked. The hindwings are grey.^[2]