Cryptophasa crocochorda

Cryptophasa crocochorda is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925.[2] It is found on New Guinea.[3]

Cryptophasa crocochorda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Gelechioidea
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Cryptophasa
Species:
C. crocochorda
Binomial name
Cryptophasa crocochorda
Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is about 57 mm. The forewings are whitish yellowish with an orange-fulvous pointed streak along the basal third of the costa, the costal edge is fuscous throughout. A narrow light fulvous-orange median streak is found from one-fourth almost to the termen, and a slender one along the fold throughout. The hindwings are white.[4]

References
  1. "Cryptophasa crocochorda". Insecta.pro.
  2. "Cryptophasa crocochorda definition/meaning". Omnilexica.
  3. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa crocochorda Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  4. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 151.


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