Cryptolechia chrysocoma

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

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

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark shining purplish-bronzy-fuscous. The costal edge is yellow except at the base and apex. The hindwings are dark bronzy-fuscous.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia chrysocoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 605


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