Cryptophasa aglaodes
Cryptophasa aglaodes is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.
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The wingspan is about 50 mm for females and 38 mm for males. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous, slightly infuscated. The costa is slenderly blackish towards the apex and there is a small well-defined black dot in the disc at one-third, and another similar obliquely beyond it, at about the middle. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous.
The larvae feed on Allocasuarina verticillata.[2]
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