Cryptophasa xylomima

Cryptophasa xylomima is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1906. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from northern Queensland, from Cape York south to near Townsville. It is also found in Papua New Guinea

Cryptophasa xylomima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cryptophasa
Species:
C. xylomima
Binomial name
Cryptophasa xylomima
Turner, 1906
Synonyms
  • Caenorycta xylomima

The wingspan is 44–50 mm. The forewings are whitish, the costal third suffused with ochreous-grey, with sparse general irroration of blackish scales and a transverse discal blackish mark before two-thirds. There is a terminal series of dark-fuscous dots. The hindwings are pale-ochreous.[2]

References

  1. funet.fi
  2. Xyloryctine Moths of Australia Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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