''Cryptoses waagei'' is a species of
snout moth
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralida ...
in the genus ''
Cryptoses
''Cryptoses'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1908.
Species
* ''Cryptoses choloepi
''Cryptoses choloepi'' is a sloth moth in the snout moth family that as an adult lives exclusively in the fur of slot ...
''. It was described by John David Bradley in 1982 and is found in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
References
Moths described in 1982
Chrysauginae
Coprophagous insects
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