Cryptolechia eoa
Cryptolechia eoa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]
| Cryptolechia eoa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Cryptolechia |
| Species: | C. eoa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptolechia eoa Meyrick, 1910 | |
The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous, almost wholly suffused with light rose-pink except in the middle of the disc and a narrow whitish-ochreous terminal facia. There are some scattered minute dots and strigulae of blackish scales, as well as a blackish basal fascia and a small black costal spot at three-fifths. The hindwings are light greyish-ochreous, more greyish posteriorly and with three or four grey marks on the upper part of the termen.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia eoa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 163
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