Cryptolechia sperans
Cryptolechia sperans is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found on Borneo.[2]
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The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are purplish-grey irrorated with dark fuscous. The stigmata is indistinct, dark-fuscous and accompanied by one or two whitish scales. There is also a small ochreous-whitish flattened-triangular spot on the costa at about three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia sperans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- The Sarawak Museum Journal 3: 159
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