Cryptolechia epidesma
Appearance
Cryptolechia epidesma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Cryptolechia |
Species: | C. epidesma
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Binomial name | |
Cryptolechia epidesma Walsingham, 1912
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Cryptolechia epidesma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1912.[1] It is found in Mexico to Guyana.[2]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a narrow irregular-edged pale whitish-yellowish streak along the costa from the base to near the apex, the costal edge sprinkled with black towards the base. There is a slightly waved yellow-whitish line along the termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia epidesma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (8): 227 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.