Cryptophasa crocochorda

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

Cryptophasa crocochorda is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1925. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 57 mm. The forewings are whitish-yellowish with an orange-fulvous pointed streak along the basal third of the costa, the costal edge fuscous throughout. A narrow light fulvous-orange median streak is found from one-fourth almost to the termen, and a slender one along the fold throughout. The hindwings are white.[2]

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