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Cryptophasa curialis

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Cryptophasa curialis
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C. curialis
Binomial name
Cryptophasa curialis
Meyrick, 1925
Synonyms
  • Cryptophasa clarinota Diakonoff, 1954
  • Cryptophasa pallida Diakonoff, 1954

Cryptophasa curialis is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1925. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is 36-46 mm.[2] The forewings are glossy white with a median band composed of about eight irregularly placed dark grey spots extending in the disc from near the base to near the terminal fascia, sometimes connected with the costa by a spot near the base and a blotch before the middle, sometimes united by general grey suffusion extended to the dorsum from near the base to the tornus. There is a rather narrow grey terminal fascia not reaching the costa, marked anteriorly with a series of ill-defined black sublinear marks, and on the terminal edge with a series of small brownish spots. The hindwings are white, sometimes tinged grey on the termen.[3]

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