Cryptolechia chrysocoma

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Cryptolechia chrysocoma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species:
C. chrysocoma
Binomial name
Cryptolechia chrysocoma
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Phaeosaces chrysocomaMeyrick, 1905

Cryptolechia chrysocoma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka. [2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark shining purplish-bronzy-fuscous. The costal edge is yellow except at the base and apex. The hindwings are dark bronzy-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 chrysocoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 605 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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