Biology:Cryptophasa merocentra
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Short description: Species of moth
| Cryptophasa merocentra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophasa |
| Species: | C. merocentra
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa merocentra Meyrick, 1925
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Cryptophasa merocentra is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found on Buru in the Maluku Islands.[1]
The wingspan is about 46 mm. The forewings are shining white with the plical stigma small and black, the first discal indicated by a single black scale obliquely before this and four black dots on the posterior third of the costa, and five on the lower half of the termen. The hindwings are white.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa merocentra Meyrick, 1925". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/xyloryctidae/cryptophasa/#merocentra. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 147.
Wikidata ☰ Q13502957 entry
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