Cryptophasa oecodoma

Cryptophasa oecodoma is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

Cryptophasa oecodoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Cryptophasa
Species:
C. oecodoma
Binomial name
Cryptophasa oecodoma
Meyrick, 1930

The wingspan is about 42 mm. The forewings are grey, with some irregularly scattered dark fuscous scales and a blotch of white suffusion on the costal half at the base, with two or three blackish dots on the posterior edge. The plical and first discal stigmata are formed by small spots of dark fuscous suffusion, the plical elongate, beneath the first discal, these surrounded laterally by white suffusion extending as a broad blotch to the costa. There is an oblique white linear mark on the end of the cell, preceded and followed by dark fuscous marks, these surrounded by ground colour and then by a large irregular border of whitish suffusion, connected with a postmedian blotch of white suffusion on the costa. There is also a median costal spot of dark fuscous suffusion, and three small spots between this and the apex, the costal edge white between these. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa oecodoma Meyrick, 1930". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (1): 14.


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