Inga crossota

Inga crossota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Inga
Species: I. crossota
Binomial name
Inga crossota
(Walsingham, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia crossota Walsingham, 1912
  • Machimia crossota

Inga crossota is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1912.[1] It is found in Guatemala and Mexico.[2]

The wingspan is 24-27 mm. The forewings are ochreous, with a rosy flesh-like tinge, which becomes very narrowly rich salmon-red along the costa and termen, fading out toward the base. There is a slender purplish line, leaving the costa at three-fourths from the base, curves outward, running roughly parallel to the termen and reverting, with a slight bend on the fold, to the dorsum before the tornus. There are a few scales of the same colour forming an indistinct cloud across the end of the cell, and a minute fuscous dot occurs on the middle of the cell at a little less than one-third from the base. There is also a black spot at the base of the costa. The hindwings are bright yellowish ochreous, tinged with rosy flesh-colour toward the apex.[3]

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