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]
Cryptolechia coriaria | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Cryptolechia |
Species: | C. coriaria
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Binomial name | |
Cryptolechia coriaria Meyrick, 1914
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (6): 173 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.