Cryptolechia coriaria

Cryptolechia coriaria is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.[2]

Cryptolechia coriaria
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C. coriaria
Binomial name
Cryptolechia coriaria
Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata is blackish and there are suffused triangular fuscous spots on the costa in the middle and at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Depressariidae unplaced species coriaria". 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 1 (6): 173


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