Cryptolechia pytinaea

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Cryptolechia pytinaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species:
C. pytinaea
Binomial name
Cryptolechia pytinaea
(Meyrick, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Leptosaces pytinaeaMeyrick, 1902

Cryptolechia pytinaea is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1902. [1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales. [2]

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The termen of the forewings is fuscous between the veins and there is a thicker subcostal streak from the base to beneath the middle of the costa and one in the disc from one-fifth to two-thirds. There is a stronger blackish-fuscous subdorsal streak from the base to the tornus. The hindwings are ochreous-grey-whitish. [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). "Pytinaea group pytinaea". 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 2 (7): 222 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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