| Cryptophasa opalina | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Xyloryctidae | 
| Genus: | Cryptophasa | 
| Species: | C. opalina | 
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptophasa opalina (Turner, 1900) | |
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Cryptophasa opalina is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Turner in 1900. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
The wingspan is about 29 mm. The forewings are white with a moderately broad fascia from the costa near the base, narrowing to the inner-margin at one-fourth, produced along the costa to the base, near the costa grey, then dark-fuscous with purple reflections. There is an incomplete interrupted line posterior and parallel to this, dark-fuscous with purple reflections. There is a large fascia from the costa before the middle, much dilated in the disc and on the inner-margin, on the costa and on the posterior margin grey, the remainder a mixture of dark-fuscous with purple reflections, ochreous-brown, and white scales. There is a broad grey line parallel to the hindmargin, separated by a fine white line from a broad grey line on the margin. The hindwings are grey, towards the inner-margin whitish.[2]
References
- ↑ funet.fi
- ↑  Xyloryctine Moths of Australia  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.