Cryptophasa stochastis
| Cryptophasa stochastis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophasa |
| Species: | C. stochastis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa stochastis (Meyrick, 1890) | |
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Cryptophasa stochastis is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Western Australia.
The wingspan is 27-33 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey, thinly sprinkled with blackish. There is a dark grey dot near the base in the middle and about five indistinct cloudy dark-grey dots in a longitudinal series in the disc from one-fourth to three-fourths, the last subcrescentic. A small cloudy subquadrate dark-grey spot is found beneath the fourth dot, sometimes connected indistinctly with the third. The hindwings are fuscous, the base paler and whitish-tinged.
The larvae feed on Hakea species. They bore in the stem of their host plant.[2]
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