Cryptophasa malevolens

Cryptophasa malevolens is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

Cryptophasa malevolens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Cryptophasa
Species:
C. malevolens
Binomial name
Cryptophasa malevolens
Meyrick, 1928

The wingspan is 41–43 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous, slightly sprinkled darker and with a suffused dark fuscous dorsal streak from about one-third to the tornus, as well as a black transverse mark on the end of the cell. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa malevolens Meyrick, 1928". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (14–15): 433.


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