''Cryptophasa tecta'' 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 1894. 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 the Northern Territory and Queensland. The wingspan is 25–28 mm. The forewings are slaty grey, becoming ashy grey toward the base and the basal half of the costa, finely and profusely pencilled with black, a row of conspicuous black spots on the median, the first near the base, the second at one-third, and the third at two-thirds, a row of three inconspicuous black dots on the costa at one-fifth, two-thirds and three-fourths. The hindwings are fuscous grey.McMillan, Ian (17 August 2010)
"''Cryptophasa tecta'' (T.P. Lucas, 1894)"
''Xyloryctine Moths of Australia''. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

References

Cryptophasa Moths described in 1894 {{Xyloryctidae-stub