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Cryptolechia aeraria

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Cryptolechia aeraria
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C. aeraria
Binomial name
Cryptolechia aeraria
Meyrick, 1910

Cryptolechia aeraria is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, sprinkled with blackish and with some ochreous-yellow scales towards the costa anteriorly. There is a rather broad undefined median fascia of ochreous-yellow irroration and there are some scattered ochreous-yellow scales posteriorly. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Cryptolechia aeraria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 163