Cryptolechia vespertina

Cryptolechia vespertina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species: C. vespertina
Binomial name
Cryptolechia vespertina
Meyrick, 1910

Cryptolechia vespertina is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in China[2] (Fujian, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Taiwan[3] and India.

The wingspan is 17-20 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, sprinkled with blackish. The stigmata is large, cloudy and blackish. The hindwings of the males are whitish-ochreous, suffused with grey towards the termen. The hindwings of the females are grey, but paler towards the base and suffused with whitish-ochreous along the costa anteriorly.[4]

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Cryptolechia at funet
  3. Wang, Shu-Xia, 2006, The Cryptolechia Zeller (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) of China (III): Checklist and descriptions of new species Zootaxa 1195: 1-29
  4. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (4): 605
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