Cryptolechia epidesma

Cryptolechia epidesma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cryptolechia
Species:	C. epidesma
Binomial name
	Cryptolechia epidesma; Walsingham, 1912
Synonyms
	Cryptolechia valliferaMeyrick, 1914;

Last updated February 07, 2022

Cryptolechia epidesma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by 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]

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References

↑ 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] 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.

[2] "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (8): 227 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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