Cryptophasa malevolens
Appearance
Cryptophasa malevolens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Cryptophasa |
Species: | C. malevolens
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Binomial name | |
Cryptophasa malevolens Meyrick, 1928
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Cryptophasa malevolens is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found on New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is 41–43 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous, slightly sprinkled darker and with a suffused dark fuscous dorsal streak from about one-third to the tornus, as well as a black transverse mark on the end of the cell. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa malevolens Meyrick, 1928". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (14–15): 433. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.