Cryptolechia (moth)

Cryptolechia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852[1]
Type species
Cryptolechia straminella (Zeller, 1852)
Synonyms
Melaneulia Butler, 1883 Leptosaces Meyrick, 1888 Prosarotra Meyrick, 1909 Hypsipselon Chrétien, 1915

Cryptolechia is a genus of moth in the family Depressariidae.

Species

• Cryptolechia aeraria Meyrick, 1910
• Cryptolechia acutiuscula Wang, 2004 (from China)
• Cryptolechia aganopis (Meyrick, 1905) (from Sri Lanka)
• Cryptolechia aliena Diakonoff, 1952 (from Burma)
• Cryptolechia alphitias Lower, 1923 (from Australia)
• Cryptolechia anthaedeaga Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia anticentra (Meyrick, 1910) (from India)
• Cryptolechia anticrossa Meyrick, 1915 (from Australia)
• Cryptolechia argometra Meyrick, 1935 (from Taiwan)
• Cryptolechia asemanta Dognin, 1905 (from Ecuador)
• Cryptolechia bibundella (Strand, 1913) (from Cameroon)
• Cryptolechia bifoliolata Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia bifida Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia bifoliolata Wang, 2006
• Cryptolechia callixyla (Meyrick, 1888)
• Cryptolechia castella (Zeller, 1852) (from South Africa)
• Cryptolechia centroleuca Meyrick, 1922 (from India)
• Cryptolechia chlorozyga Meyrick, 1938 (from China)
• Cryptolechia chrysocoma (Meyrick, 1905) (from Sri Lanka)
• Cryptolechia citrodeta Meyrick, 1921 (from Brazil)
• Cryptolechia coelocrossa Meyrick, 1935 (from China)
• Cryptolechia conata Strand, 1917 (from Taiwan)
• Cryptolechia concaviuscula Wang, 2004 (from China)
• Cryptolechia coriaria Meyrick, 1914 (from Australia)
• Cryptolechia coriata Meyrick, 1914 (from Taiwan)
• Cryptolechia cornutivalvata Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia deflecta Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia denticulata Wang, 2004 (from China)
• Cryptolechia diplosticha Meyrick, 1926 (from Colombia)
• Cryptolechia dorsoprojecta Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia eningiella (Plötz, 1880) (from Cameroon)
• Cryptolechia eoa Meyrick, 1910 (from India)
• Cryptolechia epidesma Walsingham, 1912 (from Mexico & Br.Guyana)
• Cryptolechia epistemon Strand, 1920 (from Taiwan)
• Cryptolechia eucharistis Meyrick, 1931
• Cryptolechia falsitorophanes Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia falsivespertina Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia fasciculifera Wang, 2004 (from China)
• Cryptolechia fascirupta Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia fatua Meyrick, 1921
• Cryptolechia fenerata Meyrick, 1914
• Cryptolechia furcellata Wang, 2004 (from China)
• Cryptolechia fustiformis Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia gei Wang (from China)
• Cryptolechia glischrodes Meyrick, 1931
• Cryptolechia gypsochra Meyrick, 1938
• Cryptolechia hamatilis Wang, 2004 (from China)
• Cryptolechia hecate (Butler, 1883)
• Cryptolechia hemiarthra Meyrick, 1922
• Cryptolechia holopyrrha Meyrick, 1912
• Cryptolechia hoplostola Meyrick, 1938
• Cryptolechia hydara Walsingham, 1912
• Cryptolechia ichnitis Meyrick, 1918
• Cryptolechia infundibularis Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia iridias Meyrick, 1910
• Cryptolechia isomichla Meyrick, 1938
• Cryptolechia jigongshanica Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia kangxianensis Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia laica Meyrick, 1910
• Cryptolechia latifascia Wang, 2004 (from China)
• Cryptolechia lindsayae Philpott, 1928
• Cryptolechia luniformis Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia mataea (Meyrick, 1910) (from India)
• Cryptolechia mellispersa Diakonoff, 1952 (from Birma)
• Cryptolechia metacentra Meyrick, 1914 (from Taiwan)
• Cryptolechia micracma Meyrick, 1910 (from Sri Lanka)
• Cryptolechia microbyrsa Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia microglyptis Meyrick, 1936
• Cryptolechia mirabilis Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia mitis Meyrick, 1914 (from Taiwan)
• Cryptolechia modularis Meyrick, 1921 (from Java)
• Cryptolechia municipalis Meyrick, 1920 (from Australia)
• Cryptolechia murcidella Christoph, 1877 (from Iran)
• Cryptolechia muscosa Wang, 2004
• Cryptolechia neargometra Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia olivaria Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia orthotoma (Meyrick, 1905) (from Sri Lanka)
• Cryptolechia orthrarcha Meyrick, 1930 (from Algeria)
• Cryptolechia paranthaedeaga Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia pateropa Meyrick, 1931 (from Brazil)
• Cryptolechia peditata Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia pelophaea Meyrick, 1931 (from Taiwan)
• Cryptolechia pentathlopa Meyrick, 1933 (from Brazil)
• Cryptolechia percnocoma Meyrick, 1930 (from Brazil)
• Cryptolechia perversa Meyrick, 1918 (from India)
• Cryptolechia phoebas (Meyrick, 1907) (from India)
• Cryptolechia picrocentra Meyrick, 1921 (from India)
• Cryptolechia praevecta Meyrick, 1929 (from Colombia)
• Cryptolechia prothyropa Meyrick, 1938 (from China)
• Cryptolechia proximideflecta Wang, 2004
• Cryptolechia proximihamatilis Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia pytinaea (Meyrick, 1902) (from Australia)
• Cryptolechia rectimarginalis Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia remotella (Staudinger, 1899)
• Cryptolechia rhodobapta Meyrick, 1923
• Cryptolechia rigidellum (Chrétien, 1915) (from Algeria)
• Cryptolechia robusta Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia rostriformis Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia schistopa (Meyrick, 1902) (from Australia)
• Cryptolechia sciodeta Meyrick, 1930 (from Brazil)
• Cryptolechia semibrunnea Dognin, 1905 (from Ecuador)
• Cryptolechia similifloralis Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia solifasciaria Wang, 2004 (from China)
• Cryptolechia sperans Meyrick, 1926 (from Borneo)
• Cryptolechia spinifera Wang, 2004 (from China)
• Cryptolechia stadaea Meyrick, 1934 (from China)
• Cryptolechia sticta Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia stictifascia Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia straminella (Zeller, 1852) (from South Africa)
• Cryptolechia taphrocopa Meyrick, 1926 (from Colombia)
• Cryptolechia temperata Meyrick, 1910 (from India)
• Cryptolechia tetraspilella (Walker, 1864) (from Sri Lanka)
• Cryptolechia transfossa Meyrick, 1926 (from Peru)
• Cryptolechia trimaculata Wang, 2006 (from China)
• Cryptolechia tyrochyta Meyrick, 1910 (from India)
• Cryptolechia varifascirupta Wang, 2003
• Cryptolechia veniflua Meyrick, 1914 (from Colombia)
• Cryptolechia vespertina Meyrick, 1910 (from India)
• Cryptolechia viridisignata (Strand, 1913) (from Equatorial Guinea)
• Cryptolechia zeloxantha Meyrick, 1934 (from China)
• Cryptolechia zhengi Wang, 2003

Former species

• Cryptolechia amphigramma Meyrick, 1915
• Cryptolechia anomarcha Meyrick, 1915
• Cryptolechia argyropasta (Walsingham, 1912)
• Cryptolechia arvalis Meyrick, 1910
• Cryptolechia compsotypa (Meyrick, 1886)
• Cryptolechia dochaea Meyrick, 1910
• Cryptolechia empalacta Meyrick, 1915
• Cryptolechia exagitata Meyrick, 1926
• Cryptolechia facunda (Meyrick, 1910)
• Cryptolechia ferrorubella Walker, 1864
• Cryptolechia leptopa Diakonoff, 1952
• Cryptolechia liochroa (Meyrick, 1891)
• Cryptolechia malacobyrsa Meyrick, 1921
• Cryptolechia malaisei Diakonoff, 1952
• Cryptolechia phaeocausta Meyrick, 1934
• Cryptolechia propriella Zeller, 1877
• Cryptolechia purpurascens (Walsingham, 1912)
• Cryptolechia synclera Meyrick, 1921
• Cryptolechia torophanes Meyrick, 1935

References

• www.nhm.ac.uk genus database
• Marku Savela's ftp.funet.fi
• Wang, 2004. A Study of Cryptolechia Zeller (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) in China (II).

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (08.Dec.2014)