Cryptolechia citrodeta

Cryptolechia citrodeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cryptolechia
Species:	C. citrodeta
Binomial name
	Cryptolechia citrodeta; Meyrick, 1921

Cryptolechia citrodeta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Brazil.[2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are violet-grey with a whitish-yellow costal streak throughout and an irregular terminal line. 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 citrodeta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
"Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (13): 394

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia citrodeta". 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] Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (13): 394