Cryptophasa nesograpta

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

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

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are white, with some scattered blackish-grey specks, the dorsal two-fifths are suffused with light ochreous grey and the costal edge is dark fuscous towards the base. The stigmata form reddish-brown spots more or less mixed with dark fuscous, the first discal at one-fourth, the second transverse, the plical elongate, nearly midway between these. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa nesograpta Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 150.


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