Neospastis encryphias

Neospastis encryphias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Neospastis
Species: N. encryphias
Binomial name
Neospastis encryphias
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Agriophara encryphias Meyrick, 1907

Neospastis encryphias is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1907. It is found in India (Assam).[1]

The wingspan is 23-24 mm. The forewings are white, with some scattered fuscous scales, the costa ochreous-tinged, the dorsal half suffused with light fuscous and with very small fuscous spots on the costa at two-fifths and two-thirds, giving rise to an indistinct oblique series of fuscous dots on the costal half of the wing. There are cloudy subtriantrular spots of dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsum before the middle and at three-fourths, as well as a terminal series of minute dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

References

  1. Neospastis. funet.fi. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (3): 743


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