Cryptophasa platypedimela
| Cryptophasa platypedimela | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophasa |
| Species: | C. platypedimela |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa platypedimela (Lower, 1894) | |
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Cryptophasa platypedimela is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is about 42 mm. The forewings are white, sparsely strigulated with faint transverse purplish striga. There is a purplish-fuscous broad basal patch, its outer edge straight from one-sixth costa to one-sixth of the inner margin, leaving a patch of ground colour at the extreme base. A large purplish-ferruginous discal spot is found beyond the middle and there is a narrow irregularly dentate hindmarginal fascia which is broadest at the apex. The hindwings are pale yellow.[2]
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