Cryptophasa aglaodes

Cryptophasa aglaodes is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.

Cryptophasa aglaodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cryptophasa
Species:
C. aglaodes
Binomial name
Cryptophasa aglaodes
(Lower, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Cryptophaga aglaodes Lower, 1893

The wingspan is about 50 mm for females and 38 mm for males. The forewings are pale whitish ochreous, slightly infuscated (darkened). The costa is slenderly blackish towards the apex and there is a small well-defined black dot in the disc at one-third, and another similar obliquely beyond it, at about the middle. The hindwings are whitish ochreous.

The larvae feed on Allocasuarina verticillata.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (25 April 2016). "Cryptophasa aglaodes (Lower, 1893)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. McMillan, Ian (21 September 2010). "Cryptophasa aglaodes (Lower, 1893)". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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