Cryptophasa flavolineata (Walker, 1864)
 (previously known as Cryptolechia flavolineata)
XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Cryptophasa flavolineata
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has off-white wings, with three faint orange lines along each forewing, including one along the costa. The wingspan is about 5 cms.

Cryptophasa flavolineata
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph,, listed as Cryptophasa flavolineata)

The species has been found in

  • New Guinea

    as well as in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Peter Hendry,
    Mt Glorious- Saturday 28th November 2009,
    Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club,
    Metamorphosis Australia,
    Issue 56 (March 2010), pp. 32-33.

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

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 217.

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    (updated 17 January 2011, 7 June 2026)