Cryptolechia similifloralis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Wang in 2006. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hubei and Sichuan.
Cryptolechia similifloralis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Cryptolechia |
Species: | C. similifloralis
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Binomial name | |
Cryptolechia similifloralis Wang, 2006
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The length of the forewings is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with an orange-yellow fascia extending from the costal margin at about two-fifths length to the dorsum at two-thirds length. There is also a weak black dot at the middle of the cell, the end of the cell and the middle of the fold. The costal margin has an orange-yellow dot at the distal one-fifth. The hindwings are light brown.
Etymology
editThe specific name refers to the flowerlike distal part of aedeagus and is derived from Latin simil- (meaning similar) and floralis (meaning flower).[1]
References
edit- ^ Wang, Shu-Xia (2006). "The Cryptolechia Zeller (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) of China (III): Checklist and descriptions of new species". Zootaxa. 1195: 1–29.