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Cryptolechia coriaria

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Species of moth

Cryptolechia coriaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species: C. coriaria
Binomial name
Cryptolechia coriaria
Meyrick, 1914

Cryptolechia coriaria is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata is blackish and there are suffused triangular fuscous spots on the costa in the middle and at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Depressariidae unplaced species coriaria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (6): 173 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Cryptolechia coriaria

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