Cryptophasa panleuca (Lower, 1901) (previously known as Cryptophaga panleuca) XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

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

The adult moths of this species are white, sometimes with some faint brown shading or markings. There is a dark reddish mark on the back of the second abdominal segment. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Queensland.

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

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Further reading :

Ian McMillan,
Cryptophasa panleuca, Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
Blog, Saturday, August 28, 2010.

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(written 4 November 2014, updated 11 November 2025)