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Neospastis encryphias

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Neospastis encryphias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Neospastis
Species:
N. encryphias
Binomial name
Neospastis encryphias
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Agriophara encryphias Meyrick, 1907

Neospastis encryphias is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in India (Assam).[1]

The wingspan is 23–24 mm. The forewings are white, with some scattered fuscous scales, the costa ochreous-tinged, the dorsal half suffused with light fuscous and with very small fuscous spots on the costa at two-fifths and two-thirds, giving rise to an indistinct oblique series of fuscous dots on the costal half of the wing. There are cloudy subtriantrular spots of dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsum before the middle and at three-fourths, as well as a terminal series of minute dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Neospastis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17 (3): 743 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.