Cryptophasa russata

Cryptophasa russata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in New Guinea and Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.

Cryptophasa russata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Cryptophasa
Species:
C. russata
Binomial name
Cryptophasa russata
Butler, 1877
Synonyms
  • Nycterobius russata

The wingspan is about 50 mm.[2] The forewings are shining ferruginous with the costal border snow white. The base, outer border, outer half of the inner border, and a streak from the outer border through the discocellulars to the centre of the discoidal cell are all slaty greyish. The hindwings are pale ferruginous.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Cryptophasa Lewin, 1805". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
  3. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877 (3): 475


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