Cryptophasa chionotarsa

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

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

The wingspan is 42-43 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, on the dorsal half with a few scattered white scales and with a rather thick attenuated suffused dark fuscous dorsal streak. There is an obscure suffused dark fuscous transverse spot on the end of the cell and a patch of white speckling before the termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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