Cryptophasa gypsomera

Cryptophasa gypsomera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cryptophasa
Species: C. gypsomera
Binomial name
Cryptophasa gypsomera
Lower, 1903

Cryptophasa gypsomera is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lower in 1903. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 52 mm. The forewings are white, faintly ochreous-tinged, especially along the termen. The hindwings are fuscous with the costal edge and termen to the middle broadly snow-white.[2]

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