Cryptoses
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Cryptoses is a genus of snout moths
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...

. It was described by Dyar in 1908.

Species

  • Cryptoses choloepi
    Cryptoses choloepi
    Cryptoses choloepi is a sloth moth in the snout moth family that lives exclusively in the fur of sloths, mammals found in South and Central America....

    Dyar, 1908
  • Cryptoses rufipictus
    Cryptoses rufipictus
    Cryptoses rufipictus is a species of snout moths in the genus Cryptoses. It was described by Bradley in 1982, and is known from French Guiana and Brazil....

    Bradley, 1982
  • Cryptoses waagei
    Cryptoses waagei
    Cryptoses waagei is a species of snout moths in the genus Cryptoses. It was described by Bradley in 1982. It is found in Brazil.The wingspan is 13-15 mm, with the female usually larger than the male...

    Bradley, 1982
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