Cryptolechia iridias

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Cryptolechia iridias
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species:
C. iridias
Binomial name
Cryptolechia iridias
Meyrick, 1910

Cryptolechia iridias 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 17–21 mm. The forewings are pale yellow-ochreous, sprinkled with dark brownish, especially on the apical third. The base of the costa is suffused with dark fuscous. The stigmata is dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale shining ochreous, tinged with fuscous posteriorly. [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 iridias". 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. ↑ 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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