''Cryptophasa tetrazona'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

in the family

Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a w ...

. It was described by

Oswald Bertram Lower Oswald Bertram Lower (1863 in Adelaide, South Australia – 18 March 1925 in Wayville, South Australia) was an Australian chemist and pharmacist who is best known for his contributions to entomology, in particular butterflies and moths. His coll ...

in 1901. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

and

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...

is about 30 mm. The forewings are white, with fuscous markings. There is a narrow streak along the costa from the base to before the third fascia and there are four moderately broad nearly equidistant fasciae, the first near the base, narrowest in the middle. The second is somewhat curved inwardly from the middle of the costa, to the inner margin. The third is found from the costa at five-sixths to just before the anal angle, nearly straight. The fourth is found along the termen. Between the third and fourth are two fuscous spots on the costa and there is an irregular suffused streak on the inner margin between the second and third fasciae. The hindwings are orange yellow, becoming broadly fuscous from the apex to beyond the middle of the termen, finely attenuated posteriorly.McMillan, Ian (17 August 2010)
"''Cryptophasa tetrazona'' (Lower, 1901)"
''Xyloryctine Moths of Australia''. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

References

Cryptophasa Moths described in 1901 {{Xyloryctidae-stub