Cryptophasa merocentra

Cryptophasa merocentra is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found on Buru in the Maluku Islands.[1]

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

The wingspan is about 46 mm. The forewings are shining white with the plical stigma small and black, the first discal indicated by a single black scale obliquely before this and four black dots on the posterior third of the costa, and five on the lower half of the termen. The hindwings are white.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa merocentra Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 147.


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