Cryptophasa malevolens

Cryptophasa malevolens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cryptophasa
Species:
C. malevolens
Binomial name
Cryptophasa malevolens
Meyrick, 1928

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

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa malevolens Meyrick, 1928". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (14–15): 433.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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