Haereta cryphimaea

Haereta cryphimaea is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Haereta cryphimaea
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H. cryphimaea
Binomial name
Haereta cryphimaea
Turner, 1947

The wingspan is 15–19 mm. The forewings are brown with the stigmata blackish, the first discal at one-fourth, the plical beyond it, the second discal at three-fifths, transversely elongate or double. There is a subcostal series of minute dots from two-thirds, curved in the disc to the end on the dorsum before the tornus and there is a terminal series of dots. The hindwings are whitish with slight grey suffusion towards the apex.[2]

References

  1. Haereta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 72 (3-4): 154


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