Cryptophasa citrinopa
Species of moth
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Cryptophasa citrinopa is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1915. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.
| Cryptophasa citrinopa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophasa |
| Species: | C. citrinopa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa citrinopa (Lower, 1915) | |
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The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are orange yellow, faintly dusted with dull reddish on the basal half and with a moderately broad, silvery-white costal streak from the base to the middle, attenuated posteriorly, and edged beneath throughout by a fine fuscous line. There are two dark fuscous discal spots, transversely placed in the middle of the wing at three-fifths from the base. The hindwings are orange yellow.[2]
