Cryptolechia chrysocoma
Appearance
Cryptolechia chrysocoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Cryptolechia |
Species: | C. chrysocoma
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Binomial name | |
Cryptolechia chrysocoma (Meyrick, 1905)
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Cryptolechia chrysocoma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark shining purplish-bronzy-fuscous. The costal edge is yellow except at the base and apex. The hindwings are dark bronzy-fuscous.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia chrysocoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 605 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.