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Cryptophasa curialis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Cryptophasa
Species:	C. curialis
Binomial name
Cryptophasa curialis Meyrick, 1925
Synonyms
Cryptophasa clarinota Diakonoff, 1954 Cryptophasa pallida Diakonoff, 1954

Cryptophasa curialis is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found on New Guinea.

The wingspan is 36–46 mm. The forewings are glossy white with a median band composed of about eight irregularly placed dark grey spots extending in the disc from near the base to near the terminal fascia, sometimes connected with the costa by a spot near the base and a blotch before the middle, sometimes united by a general grey suffusion extended to the dorsum from near the base to the tornus. There is a rather narrow grey terminal fascia not reaching the costa, marked anteriorly with a series of ill-defined black sublinear marks, and on the terminal edge with a series of small brownish spots. The hindwings are white, sometimes tinged grey on the termen.

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 25, 2016). "Cryptophasa curialis Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
2. "Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (1): 14". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 149. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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