Cryptolechia aeraria

Cryptolechia aeraria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cryptolechia
Species:	C. aeraria
Binomial name
	Cryptolechia aeraria; Meyrick, 1910

Cryptolechia aeraria is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.^[1] It is found in India (Assam).^[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, sprinkled with blackish and with some ochreous-yellow scales towards the costa anteriorly. There is a rather broad undefined median fascia of ochreous-yellow irroration and there are some scattered ochreous-yellow scales posteriorly. The hindwings are dark fuscous.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia aeraria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
^ Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 163 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia aeraria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[2] Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[3] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 163 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.