Cryptophasa malevolens
Cryptophasa malevolens is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1928. It is found in New Guinea.[1]
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The wingspan is 41–43 mm. The forewings are violet-fuscous, slightly sprinkled darker and with a suffused dark fuscous dorsal streak from about one-third to the tornus, as well as a black transverse mark on the end of the cell. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
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