Cryptophasa eumorpha explained

Cryptophasa eumorpha is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1898. It is found in New Guinea (Papua, Rook Island and Dampier Island) and Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 25–48 mm. The forewings are slate-coloured with a black dot in the disc beyond one-third and two in the disc at three-fifths, placed transversely, the upper one almost obsolete. There is a row of black dots along the hind margin and apical one-third of the costa. The hindwings are pale greyish-fuscous with a series of black dots along the hindmargin. Between the dots, the hind margin is whitish.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/xyloryctidae/cryptophasa/ funet.fi
  2. http://xyloryctinemothsofaustralia.blogspot.nl/2010/09/cryptophasa-eumorpha.html Xyloryctine Moths of Australia