Biology:Cryptophasa nesograpta

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Short description: Species of moth

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

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

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are white, with some scattered blackish-grey specks, the dorsal two-fifths are suffused with light ochreous grey and the costal edge is dark fuscous towards the base. The stigmata form reddish-brown spots more or less mixed with dark fuscous, the first discal at one-fourth, the second transverse, the plical elongate, nearly midway between these. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13502964 entry