Cryptolechia iridias
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Cryptolechia iridias Meyrick, 1910
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Cryptolechia iridias is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]
The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are pale yellow-ochreous, sprinkled with dark brownish, especially on the apical third. The base of the costa is suffused with dark fuscous. The stigmata is dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale shining ochreous, tinged with fuscous posteriorly.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia iridias". 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
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 605