Cryptolechia mataea

Cryptolechia mataea is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]

Cryptolechia mataea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Cryptolechia
Species:
C. mataea
Binomial name
Cryptolechia mataea
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Leptosaces mataea Meyrick, 1910

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous yellow and 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). "Cryptolechia mataea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 155


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