Cryptophasa byssinopis
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| Species: | C. byssinopis
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| Cryptophasa byssinopis Turner, 1902
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Cryptophasa byssinopis is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Turner in 1902. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is 42–45 mm. The forewings are snow white with three blackish discal dots, the first in the disc at one-third, the second in the disc beyond the middle, the third beneath and posterior to the second. There is a series of minute blackish dots on the hindmargin. The hindwings are white, with minute hindmarginal blackish dots which are sometimes obsolete.[2]
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