Cryptophasa rubescens

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Cryptophasa rubescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cryptophasa
Species:
C. rubescens
Binomial name
Cryptophasa rubescens
Lewin, 1805
Synonyms
  • Cryptophasa sarcoxanthaMeyrick, 1937
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Cryptophasa rubescens is a moth of the family Xyloryctidae. It is found in Australia, [1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 45 mm. The forewings are ferruginous, irrorated with elongate light brownish-ochreous scales and with the costa broadly suffused with pale ochreous from the base to beyond the middle, attenuated to a point posteriorly. There is a short obscure dark fuscous dash on the submedian fold at one-fourth, and another beyond the middle. A small roundish ill-defined dark fuscous spot is found in the disc at five-eights, and another at three-fourths, more elongate. The hindwings are ochreous-orange, somewhat paler posteriorly.

The larvae feed on Acacia species, including Acacia longifolia and Acacia linifolia . They bore in the stem of their host plant, tying cut phyllodes at the entrance to the bore. [2]

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References

  1. environment.gov.au (9 October 2008). "Australian Xyloryctinae species". environment.gov.au. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  2. Xyloryctine Moths of Australia PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .