''Cryptoses'' is a genus of
snout moths. It was described by
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (February 14, 1866 – January 21, 1929) was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progression in the growth of insect parts, is named after him. He was also noted for eccentric pursuits which includ ...
in 1908.
Species
* ''
Cryptoses choloepi
''Cryptoses choloepi'' is a sloth moth in the snout moth family that as an adult lives exclusively in the fur of sloths, mammals found in South and Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Amer ...
''
Dyar, 1908
* ''
Cryptoses rufipictus''
Bradley, 1982
* ''
Cryptoses waagei''
Bradley, 1982
References
Chrysauginae
Pyralidae genera
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