Cryptolechia epidesma
| Cryptolechia epidesma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Cryptolechia |
| Species: | C. epidesma |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptolechia epidesma Walsingham, 1912 | |
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Cryptolechia epidesma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1912.[1] It is found in Mexico to Guyana.[2]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a narrow irregular-edged pale whitish-yellowish streak along the costa from the base to near the apex, the costal edge sprinkled with black towards the base. There is a slightly waved yellow-whitish line along the termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia epidesma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (8): 227
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