Cryphia

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Cryphia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.

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Cryphia
Cryphia domestica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Bryophilinae
Genus: Cryphia
Hübner, 1818
Synonyms
  • Bryoleuca Hampson, 1908
  • Bryophila Treitschke, 1825
  • Bryopsis Boursin, 1970
  • Euthales Hübner, 1820
  • Hymenocryphia Boursin, 1967
  • Jaspidia Hübner, 1822
  • Nyctobrya Boursin, 1957
  • Scythobrya Boursin, 1960
  • Heterocryphia Beck, 1996
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Description

Palpi slender and upturned, where the third joint reaching above vertex of head. Antennae minutely ciliated (hairy). Thorax with slight tufts behind collar. Abdomen with slight dorsal tufts, and longer than the hindwing. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.[1]

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