Biology:Cryptophasa sacerdos

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Short description: Species of moth

Cryptophasa sacerdos
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cryptophasa
Species:
C. sacerdos
Binomial name
Cryptophasa sacerdos
Turner, 1902

Cryptophasa sacerdos is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1902. It is found in Australia ,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 37 mm for males and 50–54 mm for females. The forewings of the males are blackish-fuscous, without markings. The hindwings are dark fuscous. Females have clear white forewings, the base sometimes suffused with fuscous. There is a black dot in the disc at three-fifths and a row of black dots along the apical third of the costa and hindmargin. The hindwings are fuscous, white along the costa and with some obscure blackish dots on the hindmargin.

The larvae feed on Corymbia species.[2]

References

  1. funet.fi
  2. Xyloryctine Moths of Australia This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13502993 entry