Jump to content

Cryptolechia taphrocopa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cryptolechia taphrocopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species:
C. taphrocopa
Binomial name
Cryptolechia taphrocopa
Meyrick, 1926

Cryptolechia taphrocopa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in Colombia.[2]

The wingspan is 28–36 mm. The forewings are reddish-brown, sometimes largely suffused whitish-ochreous, the veins and costal edge marked with white lines, between the veins partially and irregularly mixed with dark fuscous. There are some white scales posteriorly and the discal stigmata is blackish. The hindwings are grey, but darker posteriorly.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Cryptolechia taphrocopa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (10): 317Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.