Cryptophasa curialis

Cryptophasa curialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Cryptophasa
Species:	C. curialis
Binomial name
	Cryptophasa curialis; Meyrick, 1925
Synonyms
	Cryptophasa clarinota Diakonoff, 1954; Cryptophasa pallida Diakonoff, 1954;

Cryptophasa curialis 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 36–46 mm.^[2] The forewings are glossy white with a median band composed of about eight irregularly placed dark grey spots extending in the disc from near the base to near the terminal fascia, sometimes connected with the costa by a spot near the base and a blotch before the middle, sometimes united by a general grey suffusion extended to the dorsum from near the base to the tornus. There is a rather narrow grey terminal fascia not reaching the costa, marked anteriorly with a series of ill-defined black sublinear marks, and on the terminal edge with a series of small brownish spots. The hindwings are white, sometimes tinged grey on the termen.^[3]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa curialis Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (1): 14.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 149.

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

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (1): 14.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 149.

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