Cryptolechia aeraria

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Cryptolechia aeraria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 163 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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