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Cryptophasa aglaodes

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Cryptophasa aglaodes is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 50 mm for females and 38 mm for males. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous, slightly infuscated. The costa is slenderly blackish towards the apex and there is a small well-defined black dot in the disc at one-third, and another similar obliquely beyond it, at about the middle. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous.

The larvae feed on Allocasuarina verticillata.

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Cryptophasa aglaodes Wikipedia


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