Cryptophasa ensigera

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Cryptophasa ensigera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cryptophasa
Species:
C. ensigera
Binomial name
Cryptophasa ensigera
Meyrick, 1925

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]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa ensigera Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 150. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .