Cryptolechia phoebas

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Cryptolechia phoebas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species:
C. phoebas
Binomial name
Cryptolechia phoebas
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Eulechria phoebasMeyrick, 1907
  • Leptosaces phoebas

Cryptolechia phoebas is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. [1] It is found in India (Assam) and Bhutan. [2]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous-yellow, posteriorly slightly brownish-tinged, the base of the costa narrowly dark fuscous. The stigmata is black, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a small additional black dot beneath the second discal. The hindwings are grey. [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 phoebas". 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 17 (3): 742 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .