Cryptolechia hecate

Cryptolechia hecate
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cryptolechia
Species:	C. hecate
Binomial name
	Cryptolechia hecate; (Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
	Melaneulia hecate Butler, 1883;

Cryptolechia hecate is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. It is found in Chile.^[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults are smoky black, the forewings above changing in certain lights to purplish. There is a reddish-cupreous curved marking at the end of the cell and there are a few scales of the same colour on the lower half of the dorsal margin, and a few more on the fringe towards the apex.^[2]

References

^ Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883 (1): 70

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[1] Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883 (1): 70

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