Cryptophasa irrorata
Cryptophasa irrorata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Lewin in 1805. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.
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The wingspan is 43–58 mm. The forewings are grey, more or less sprinkled with ferruginous and brown, and coarsely irrorated with black and with a small darker spot in the disc before the middle, and a second beneath the first. There is an obscure pale dark-margined reniform spot in the disc at two-thirds, connected with the costa beyond the middle by an indistinct streak. There is a row of more or less marked dark fuscous spots along the hind margin and posterior half of the costa. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous. [2]
The larvae feed on Casuarina species. They bore in the stem of their host plant, tying cut branchlets at the entrance to the bore. [3]
References
- Cryptophasa irrorata, Lewin 1805. funet.fi. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
- Redescription of Cryptophasa irrorata Lewin, 1805 (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Xyloryctidae)
- Xyloryctine Moths of Australia