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Cryptolechia coriaria

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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.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.[2]

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.[3]

References

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  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.