Cryptolechia phoebas

Cryptolechia phoebas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cryptolechia
Species:	C. phoebas
Binomial name
	Cryptolechia phoebas; (Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
	Eulechria phoebas Meyrick, 1907; Leptosaces phoebas;

Cryptolechia phoebas is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907.^[1] It is found in India (Assam) and Bhutan.^[2]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous-yellow, posteriorly slightly brownish-tinged, the base of the costa narrowly dark fuscous. The stigmata is black, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a small additional black dot beneath the second discal. The hindwings are grey.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia phoebas". 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 17 (3): 742

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia phoebas". 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] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17 (3): 742

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