Cryptophasa nubila

Cryptophasa nubila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cryptophasa
Species: C. nubila
Binomial name
Cryptophasa nubila
(Lucas, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Cryptophaga nubila Lucas, 1894
  • Cryptophaga nubila var. alba Turner, 1898
  • Cryptophaga intermedia Lucas, 1894
  • Cryptophaga intermedia var. alba Lucas, 1894

Cryptophasa nubila is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lucas in 1894. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is 30-42 mm. The forewings are grey-white freely irrorated with smoky-black scales, the veins smoky-grey. There is a suffusion of smoky-black all around the disc leaving the disc a grey-white as the groundcolour. A similar suffusion is found on the inner border leaving a narrow strip of groundcolour between it and the darker area of the wing. There is no distinct discal spot. In females, the hindwings are white diffused with ashy-grey and with streaks of white from the base in the interneural spaces. The veins are smoky-grey.

The larvae feed on Lophostemon suaveolens, Backhousia myrtifolia, Melaleuca leucadendra, Melaleuca lineariifolia, Callistemon salignus, Callistemon lanceolatus, Syzygium luehmannii and Psidium guava. They bore in the stem of their host plant.[2]

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