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Cryptolechia holopyrrha

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Cryptolechia holopyrrha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species:
C. holopyrrha
Binomial name
Cryptolechia holopyrrha
Meyrick, 1912

Cryptolechia holopyrrha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is 28–38 mm. The forewings are deep ferruginous-brown. The stigmata are obscure, cloudy and darker, the plical rather beyond the first discal. There is a very faint paler strongly curved subterminal line. The hindwings range from pale to rather dark reddish-fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1911 (4): 704 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.