Cryptophasa malevolens

Cryptophasa malevolens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Cryptophasa
Species:	C. malevolens
Binomial name
	Cryptophasa malevolens; Meyrick, 1928

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[]

^ 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.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa malevolens Meyrick, 1928". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (14–15): 433.

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