Cryptophasa porphyritis

Cryptophasa porphyritis is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1906. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Cryptophasa porphyritis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cryptophasa
Species:
C. porphyritis
Binomial name
Cryptophasa porphyritis
Turner, 1906

The wingspan is about 46 mm. The forewings are pale purple irrorated with reddish-brown, whitish, and a few blackish scales. The costa, from the base to the middle is fuscous and the base from beneath the costa and along the dorsum to one-sixth is broadly white with a blackish discal dot beyond the middle and a triangular white spot on the costa at three-fourths, succeeded by two minute white dots before the apex. There is a subterminal line of blackish dots outlined by reddish-brown and a terminal series of reddish-brown dots. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Xyloryctine Moths of Australia   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.