Cryptophasa curialis explained

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

The wingspan is 36–46 mm.[2] The forewings are glossy white with a median band composed of about eight irregularly placed dark grey spots extending in the disc from near the base to near the terminal fascia, sometimes connected with the costa by a spot near the base and a blotch before the middle, sometimes united by a general grey suffusion extended to the dorsum from near the base to the tornus. There is a rather narrow grey terminal fascia not reaching the costa, marked anteriorly with a series of ill-defined black sublinear marks, and on the terminal edge with a series of small brownish spots. The hindwings are white, sometimes tinged grey on the termen.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . April 25, 2016 . Cryptophasa curialis Meyrick, 1925 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 24, 2020.
  2. Web site: Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (1): 14. . 2016-02-15 . 2015-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194019/http://www.bhl-europe.eu/static/a070rxzv/a070rxzv_full_ocr.txt . dead .
  3. https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid03meyr#page/149/mode/1up Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 149.