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Cryptocosma

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Cryptocosma is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Cryptocosma perlalis, which is found in Brazil, Suriname and Panama.

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Cryptocosma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Acentropinae
Genus: Cryptocosma
Lederer, 1863[1]
Species:
C. perlalis
Binomial name
Cryptocosma perlalis
Lederer, 1863
Synonyms
  • Chalcoelopsis Dyar, 1914
  • Cataclysta trilinealis Warren, 1889
  • Chalcoelopsis pigrissima Dyar, 1914
  • Parapoynx obscuralis Möschler, 1881
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