Cryptophasa russata

Cryptophasa russata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Cryptophasa
Species:	C. russata
Binomial name
	Cryptophasa russata; Butler, 1877
Synonyms
	Nycterobius russata;

Cryptophasa russata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in New Guinea and Australia,^[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 50 mm.^[2] The forewings are shining ferruginous with the costal border snow white. The base, outer border, outer half of the inner border, and a streak from the outer border through the discocellulars to the centre of the discoidal cell are all slaty greyish. The hindwings are pale ferruginous.^[3]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku. "Cryptophasa Lewin, 1805". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
^ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
^ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877 (3): 475

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Cryptophasa Lewin, 1805". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 11, 2017.

[2] Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia

[3] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877 (3): 475

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