Cryptolechia hecate
| Cryptolechia hecate | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Cryptolechia |
| Species: | C. hecate |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptolechia hecate (Butler, 1883) | |
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Cryptolechia hecate is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Butler in 1883. It is found in Chile.[1]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults are smoky black, the forewings above changing in certain lights to purplish. There is a reddish cupreous curved marking at the end of the cell and there are a few scales of the same colour on the lower half of the dorsal margin, and a few more on the fringe towards the apex.[2]
References
- ↑ Cryptolechia at funet.fi.
- ↑ Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1883 (1) : 70
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