Cryptophasa Molaris
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''Cryptophasa molaris'' is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by
Thomas Pennington Lucas Thomas Pennington Lucas (13 April 1843 – 15 November 1917), also known as T.P. Lucas, was a Scotland, Scottish-born Australian medical practitioner, Natural history, naturalist, author, philosopher and utopianist. Early life Lucas was born ...
in 1900. It is found in
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland. The wingspan is 29–36 mm. The forewings are fuscous drab, freely marked with black and grey. There are interrupted fine lines of white along half to three-fourths of the costa and the costal half of the wing is irregularly diffused with rich black, the inner half and base of the wing is freely irrorated (sprinkled) with white, this white arches toward the costa at the base, and extends as a line to near the costa just before the apex. There is also a subterminal band of ground colour, bordered by a terminal line of light black dots. The hindwings are fuscous drab.McMillan, Ian (10 September 2010)
"''Cryptophasa molaris'' (T.P. Lucas, 1900)"
''Xyloryctine Moths of Australia''. Retrieved 13 July 2020.


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Cryptophasa Moths described in 1900 {{Xyloryctidae-stub