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_____________________________________________________________Moths
101 – Marbled Beauty Moths
MARBLED BEAUTY MOTH Cryphia
domestica
MARBLED BEAUTY MOTH Cryphia domestica
MARBLED BEAUTY MOTH Cryphia
domestica MARBLED BEAUTY MOTH Cryphia
domestica
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The Marbled Beauty Moth Cryphia
domestica (Noctuidae, Bryophilinae) is a small, cryptically patterned
insect that is extremely well camouflaged when at rest on lichen-covered trees
or rocks. Appropriately, the larvae feed on these lichens. The wing-markings
are variable in intensity, but there is some consistency in the presence of a
complete black wavy border to the rear of the whitish cross-band near the front
of the forewings, the continuity of which distinguishes this moth from other
members of the same genus. This species is readily attracted to artificial
light.
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