Cryptophasa chionotarsa

Cryptophasa chionotarsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Cryptophasa
Species:	C. chionotarsa
Binomial name
	Cryptophasa chionotarsa; Meyrick, 1925

Cryptophasa chionotarsa is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found on New Guinea.^[1]

The wingspan is 42–43 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, on the dorsal half with a few scattered white scales and with a rather thick attenuated suffused dark fuscous dorsal streak. There is an obscure suffused dark fuscous transverse spot on the end of the cell and a patch of white speckling before the termen. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa chionotarsa Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 148.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa chionotarsa Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 148.

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