Cryptolechia hemiarthra

Cryptolechia hemiarthra is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in southern India.[1]

Cryptolechia hemiarthra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Cryptolechia
Species:
C. hemiarthra
Binomial name
Cryptolechia hemiarthra
Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous specks. The stigmata are blackish, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal, the second discal transverse-linear, connected with the dorsum before the tornus by a dark fuscous streak followed by some irroration. The terminal area is somewhat darker, with a lighter inwards-oblique spot on the costa towards the apex.[2]

References
  1. Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (18): 546


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