Cryptophasa xylomima
| Cryptophasa xylomima | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophasa |
| Species: | C. xylomima
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa xylomima Turner, 1906
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Cryptophasa xylomima is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1906. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from northern Queensland, from Cape York south to near Townsville. It is also found in Papua New Guinea
The wingspan is 44–50 mm. The forewings are whitish, the costal third suffused with ochreous-grey, with sparse general irroration of blackish scales and a transverse discal blackish mark before two-thirds. There is a terminal series of dark-fuscous dots. The hindwings are pale-ochreous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia
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