Cryptolechia aganopis

Cryptolechia aganopis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Cryptolechia aganopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Cryptolechia
Species:
C. aganopis
Binomial name
Cryptolechia aganopis
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Phaeosaces aganopis Meyrick, 1905

The wingspan is 15–19 mm for males and 19–26 mm for females.[3] The forewings are light brown, slightly ferruginous tinged, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. The stigmata is dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale fuscous, tinged with whitish-ochreous anteriorly, darker towards the apex.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia aganopis". 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
  4. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 605


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