Cryptophasa ensigera explained

Cryptophasa ensigera 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 36–38 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, somewhat mixed irregularly with light reddish fuscous, sometimes with a few scattered dark fuscous specks. There is a broad white attenuated costal streak from the base to beyond the middle, edged beneath by a slender reddish-fuscous streak continued along the costa to the apex, the costal edge also more or less reddish fuscous towards the base. There is a rather suffused semi-oval reddish-fuscous blotch extending along the dorsum from about one-fourth to near the tornus. The hindwings are light red brownish.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . April 25, 2016 . Cryptophasa ensigera Meyrick, 1925 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 24, 2020.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid03meyr#page/150/mode/1up Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 150.