Cryptophasa chionodes
Species of moth
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Cryptophasa chionodes is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1898. It is found in Australia,[2] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.
| Cryptophasa chionodes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophasa |
| Species: | C. chionodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa chionodes (Turner, 1898) | |
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The wingspan is about 36 mm for males and 57–58 mm for females. The forewings are shining white with a black dot in the disc at three-fifths and a series of black dots along the hindmargin and the apical one-third of the costa. The hindwings are shining white with the extreme base somewhat irrorated with fuscous and a series of black dots along the hindmargin.
The larvae feed on Eucalyptus species. The bore in the stem of their host plant.[3]
