Cryptophasa flavolineata
| Cryptophasa flavolineata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophasa |
| Species: | C. flavolineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa flavolineata (Walker, 1864) | |
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Cryptophasa flavolineata is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.
The wingspan is about 50 mm. The forewings are snow-white with a faint pale yellowish central longitudinal line from before the middle of the disc almost to the hind margin. There is a suffused ochreous-yellow line along the submedian fold from the base to the anal angle and a short slender ochreous-yellow streak along the inner margin about one-third. The hindwings are snow-white.
The larvae feed on Banksia integrifolia and Syzygium oleosum. They bore in the stem of their host plant, tying cut leaves at the entrance to the bore.[2]
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