Cryptolechia transfossa

Cryptolechia transfossa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cryptolechia
Species:	C. transfossa
Binomial name
	Cryptolechia transfossa; Meyrick, 1926

Last updated February 09, 2024

Cryptolechia transfossa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.^[1] It is found in Peru.^[2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-brown, with numerous irregularly strewn transverse whitish-ochreous strigae. There is a rather oblique streak of darker bronzy-brown suffusion from the end of the cell to the dorsum and there are three large black marginal dots around the apex, the middle one smallest and three very small dots on the termen below them. The hindwings are dark 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). "Cryptolechia transfossa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (10): 318 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). "Cryptolechia transfossa". 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 3 (10): 318 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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