Cryptolechia aeraria
| Cryptolechia aeraria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Cryptolechia |
| Species: | C. aeraria |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptolechia aeraria Meyrick, 1910 | |
Cryptolechia aeraria is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, sprinkled with blackish and with some ochreous-yellow scales towards the costa anteriorly. There is a rather broad undefined median fascia of ochreous-yellow irroration and there are some scattered ochreous-yellow scales posteriorly. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia aeraria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ↑ Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 163
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