Cryptophasa eumorpha
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Cryptophasa |
Species: | C. eumorpha
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Binomial name | |
Cryptophasa eumorpha (Turner, 1898)
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Cryptophasa eumorpha is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1898. It is found in New Guinea (Papua, Rook Island and Dampier Island) and Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is 25–48 mm. The forewings are slate-coloured with a black dot in the disc beyond one-third and two in the disc at three-fifths, placed transversely, the upper one almost obsolete. There is a row of black dots along the hind margin and apical one-third of the costa. The hindwings are pale greyish-fuscous with a series of black dots along the hindmargin. Between the dots, the hind margin is whitish.[2]
References
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- ^ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.