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Cryptophasa merocentra

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Species of moth

Cryptophasa merocentra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Cryptophasa
Species: C. merocentra
Binomial name
Cryptophasa merocentra
Meyrick, 1925

Cryptophasa merocentra is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found on Buru in the Maluku Islands.

The wingspan is about 46 mm. The forewings are shiny white with a small and black stigma, the first discal indicated by a single black scale obliquely before this and four black dots on the posterior third of the costa, and five on the lower half of the termen. The hindwings are white.

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa merocentra Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 147.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Cryptophasa merocentra


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