Cryptophasa russata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in New Guinea and Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Cryptophasa |
| Species: | C. russata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa russata Butler, 1877
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The wingspan is about 50 mm.[2] The forewings are shining ferruginous with the costal border snow white. The base, outer border, outer half of the inner border, and a streak from the outer border through the discocellulars to the centre of the discoidal cell are all slaty greyish. The hindwings are pale ferruginous.[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Cryptophasa Lewin, 1805". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
- ^ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877 (3): 475
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