Cryptophasa xylomima Turner, 1906
XYLORYCTIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 26 October 2010)

Cryptophasa xylomima
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moth of this species has grey forewings, each with a black dot in the middle. The hindwings are yellow. In its resting posture: the moth wraps its wings around its body.

The species occurs in Queensland.


Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 230.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 77.


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