Cryptophasa nesograpta

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

Cryptophasa nesograpta 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 about 40 mm. The forewings are white, with some scattered blackish-grey specks, the dorsal two-fifths are suffused with light ochreous grey and the costal edge is dark fuscous towards the base. The stigmata form reddish-brown spots more or less mixed with dark fuscous, the first discal at one-fourth, the second transverse, the plical elongate, nearly midway between these. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.^[2]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa nesograpta Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 150.

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

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 150.

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