Cryptolechia municipalis

Cryptolechia municipalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cryptolechia
Species:	C. municipalis
Binomial name
	Cryptolechia municipalis; Meyrick, 1920

Last updated June 12, 2022

Cryptolechia municipalis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous irrorated fuscous, the costa suffused are dark fuscous towards the base. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical hardly before the first discal, the second discal forming a small transverse spot. There is a marginal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are whitish-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). "Cosmopterigidae unplaced species municipalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018. Note: This source does not mention "Cryptolechia", but it references the original description linked below.
↑ "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2: 316 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). "Cosmopterigidae unplaced species municipalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018. Note: This source does not mention "Cryptolechia", but it references the original description linked below.

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

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera 2: 316 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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