Cryptophasa chionotarsa
| Cryptophasa chionotarsa | |
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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. chionotarsa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa chionotarsa Meyrick, 1925
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Cryptophasa chionotarsa 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 42–43 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, on the dorsal half with a few scattered white scales and with a rather thick attenuated suffused dark fuscous dorsal streak. There is an obscure suffused dark fuscous transverse spot on the end of the cell and a patch of white speckling before the termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa chionotarsa Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 148.
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