Cryptolechia aganopis

Cryptolechia aganopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species: C. aganopis
Binomial name
Cryptolechia aganopis
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Phaeosaces aganopis Meyrick, 1905

Cryptolechia aganopis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1905.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

The wingspan is 15–19 mm for males and 19–26 mm for females.[3] The forewings are light brown, slightly ferruginous tinged, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. The stigmata is dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale fuscous, tinged with whitish-ochreous anteriorly, darker towards the apex.[4]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Cryptolechia at funet
  3. ↑ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (1): 163
  4. ↑ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (4): 605


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