Biology:Cryptophasa malevolens
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Short description: Species of moth
| Cryptophasa malevolens | |
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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. malevolens
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa malevolens Meyrick, 1928
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Cryptophasa malevolens is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found on New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is 41–43 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous, slightly sprinkled darker and with a suffused dark fuscous dorsal streak from about one-third to the tornus, as well as a black transverse mark on the end of the cell. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa malevolens Meyrick, 1928". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/xyloryctidae/cryptophasa/#malevolens. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (14–15): 433.
Wikidata ☰ Q13502953 entry
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