Cryptophlebia
Sign in to savethumb|Cryptophlebia illepida thumb|Cryptophlebia ombrodelta thumb|Cryptophlebia peltastica Cryptophlebia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae. It occurs in all biogeographical regions except for the Nearctic.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 127
- Family
- Tortricidae
- Collections
- USNM, EMEC, SAM, CSIRO
- Recorded in
- Seychelles, Fiji, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Federated States Of, Botswana, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Grapholitini
- Image
- Crypthophlebia semilunana.jpg
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- taxon name
- Cryptophlebia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Cryptophlebia
- Commons category
- Cryptophlebia
- has host
- Mucuna pruriens
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Ecology
- Species
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thumb|Cryptophlebia illepida thumb|Cryptophlebia ombrodelta thumb|Cryptophlebia peltastica Cryptophlebia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae. It occurs in all biogeographical regions except for the Nearctic.
== Description == Adult Cryptophlebia are moderately sized moths with brown forewings and variable, subdued patterns. There is often a darker brown pretornal patch that is more pronounced in females. Males have sex scales on the abdomen, legs and special pockets on the hindwing. The genitalia of males has swollen valvae with multiple long spines on the cucullus' inner surface. The genitalia of females has an ovate or V-shaped sterigma, a ductus bursae that is widened anteriorly, and a corpus bursae with two signa.
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