''Cyanocrates grandis'' is a

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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 Druce in 1912. It is found in

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and the

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(Orientale). The forewings are blue-black, crossed about the middle by a wide white band. The base of the wing is very thickly irrorated with bright blue scales and the veins and marginal line are thickly covered with bright metallic blue scales. The hindwings are white, broadly bordered with black at the apex, and partly round the outer margin.Ent. mon. Mag. 48 : 133

References

Xyloryctidae Moths described in 1912 {{Xyloryctidae-stub