Cryptophasa xylomima
| Cryptophasa xylomima | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophasa |
| Species: | C. xylomima |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa xylomima Turner, 1906 | |
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Cryptophasa xylomima is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Turner in 1906. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from northern Queensland, from Cape York south to near Townsville. It is also found in Papua New Guinea
The wingspan is 44-50 mm. The forewings are whitish, the costal third suffused with ochreous-grey, with sparse general irroration of blackish scales and a transverse discal blackish mark before two-thirds. There is a terminal series of dark-fuscous dots. The hindwings are pale-ochreous.[2]
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