Cryptophasa sacerdos
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| Cryptophasa sacerdos | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophasa |
| Species: | C. sacerdos |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa sacerdos Turner, 1902 | |
Cryptophasa sacerdos is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1902. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is about 37 mm for males and 50–54 mm for females. The forewings of the males are blackish-fuscous, without markings. The hindwings are dark fuscous. Females have clear white forewings, the base sometimes suffused with fuscous. There is a black dot in the disc at three-fifths and a row of black dots along the apical third of the costa and hindmargin. The hindwings are fuscous, white along the costa and with some obscure blackish dots on the hindmargin.
