Cryptophasa rubescens

Cryptophasa rubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Cryptophasa
Species:	C. rubescens
Binomial name
	Cryptophasa rubescens; Lewin, 1805
Synonyms
	Cryptophasa sarcoxantha Meyrick, 1937;

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]

References

environment.gov.au (9 October 2008). "Australian Xyloryctinae species". environment.gov.au. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
Xyloryctine Moths of Australia

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[1] vironment.gov.au (9 October 2008). "Australian Xyloryctinae species". environment.gov.au. Retrieved 11 February 2009.

[2] Xyloryctine Moths of Australia