Cryptophasa merocentra

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

Cryptophasa merocentra is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found on Buru in the Maluku Islands.^[1]

The wingspan is about 46 mm. The forewings are shining white with the plical stigma small and black, the first discal indicated by a single black scale obliquely before this and four black dots on the posterior third of the costa, and five on the lower half of the termen. The hindwings are white.^[2]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa merocentra Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 147.

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

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 147.

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