Cryptoses waagei is a species 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...

 in the genus Cryptoses

Cryptoses

Cryptoses is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Dyar in 1908.-Species:* Cryptoses choloepi Dyar, 1908* Cryptoses rufipictus Bradley, 1982* Cryptoses waagei Bradley, 1982...

. It was described by Bradley in 1982. It is found in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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The wingspan

Wingspan

The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...

 is 13-15 mm, with the female usually larger than the male. The forewings are long and narrow with an ochreous white ground colour, marked with somewhat diffuse longitudinal streaks or rays consisting of black and grey-black scales mixed with dull purplish and red scales. The hindwings are uniformly dark grey.

Adults live in the fur of tree sloths. The larvae feed on the dung of the host.