Cryptolechia sciodeta
Cryptolechia sciodeta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930.[1] It is found in Brazil.[2]
| Cryptolechia sciodeta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Cryptolechia |
| Species: | C. sciodeta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptolechia sciodeta Meyrick, 1930 | |
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are yellow-whitish, becoming pale ochreous-yellow towards the termen and the costa narrowly grey to near the apex. The stigmata is grey, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal and there is a small spot of greyish suffusion on the dorsum at one-fourth, as well as an irregular streak of fuscous suffusion along the termen and two dots on the costa before the apex. The hindwings are whitish.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia sciodeta". 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 3 (18-20): 578
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