Cryptophasa delocentra (Meyrick, 1890)
 (previously known as Cryptophaga delocentra)
XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


male
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The male adult moths of this species are white or grey with three prominent black dots on each forewing, a row of black dots around the tip and margin of every wing. and an orange head and prothorax.


female just warming up
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The females are white, with one orange and several dark grey abdominal segments. The moths have a wingspan about 2.5 cms.


(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The species is found in :

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria

    Further reading :

    Ian McMillan,
    Cryptophasa delocentra, Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
    Blog, Thursday, September 16, 2010.

    Peter B. McQuillan, Jan A. Forrest, David Keane, & Roger Grund,
    Caterpillars, moths, and their plants of Southern Australia,
    Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc., Adelaide (2019), p. 46.

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    (updated 1 September 2008, 6 October 2016, 15 September 2020)