Biology:Cryptophasa nesograpta
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Short description: Species of moth
| Cryptophasa nesograpta | |
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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. nesograpta
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa nesograpta Meyrick, 1925
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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
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa nesograpta Meyrick, 1925". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/xyloryctidae/cryptophasa/#nesograpta. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 150.
Wikidata ☰ Q13502964 entry
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