Cryptolechia orthrarcha

Cryptolechia orthrarcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cryptolechia
Species:	C. orthrarcha
Binomial name
	Cryptolechia orthrarcha; Meyrick, 1930

Cryptolechia orthrarcha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930.^[1] It is found in Algeria.^[2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are whitish, with a faint ochre-pinkish tinge. The second discal stigma is small, indistinct and grey. The hindwings are white.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia orthrarcha". 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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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia orthrarcha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[2] "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (18-20): 578

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