Cryptophasa porphyritis Turner, 1906 XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has white forewings each with a dark brown pattern, including a dark band along the margin. The hindwings are dark grey, each with a narrow white band along the margin. The moths have a pale head and prothorax, and a dark grey abdomen. The wingspan is about 4.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Geoff Byrne, Rossville, Queensland)

The species occurs in Australia in

Queensland.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

Ian McMillan,
Cryptophasa porphyritis,
Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
Blog, Saturday, August 28, 2010.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 218.

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(updated 15 January 2011, 30 April 2019)