Cryptophasa psammochtha

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

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

The wingspan is 50-54 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with the veins on the costal half tinged brownish and with a costal band of violet-brown suffusion. The hindwings are pale ochreous-yellowish.[2]

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