Cryptolechia hecate

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Cryptolechia hecate
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C. hecate
Binomial name
Cryptolechia hecate
(Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Melaneulia hecateButler, 1883

Cryptolechia hecate is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. It is found in Chile. [1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults are smoky black, the forewings above changing in certain lights to purplish. There is a reddish-cupreous curved marking at the end of the cell and there are a few scales of the same colour on the lower half of the dorsal margin, and a few more on the fringe towards the apex. [2]

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References

  1. Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883 (1): 70