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Cryptophasa eumorpha

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Cryptophasa eumorpha
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C. eumorpha
Binomial name
Cryptophasa eumorpha
(Turner, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Cryptophaga eumorpha Turner, 1898
  • Cryptophasa aggesta Meyrick, 1925

Cryptophasa eumorpha is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Turner in 1898. It is found in New Guinea (Papua, Rook Island and Dampier Island) and Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 25-48 mm. The forewings are slate-coloured with a black dot in the disc beyond one-third and two in the disc at three-fifths, placed transversely, the upper one almost obsolete. There is a row of black dots along the hind margin and apical one-third of the costa. The hindwings are pale greyish-fuscous with a series of black dots along the hindmargin. Between the dots, the hind margin is whitish.[2]

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