Cryptolechia alphitias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species:
C. alphitias
Binomial name
Cryptolechia alphitias
Lower, 1923

Cryptolechia alphitias is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1923.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are dull whitish, suffusedly irrorated with pale fuscous. The markings are fuscous and there is a curved series of three obscure basal spots, as well as an obscure outwardly-curved narrow fascia, from the costa about one-fourth to the dorsum at one-fourth. There is also a moderately broad, suffused and somewhat interrupted direct postmedian fascia, which is darkest on the margins, as well as a curved series of dots, parallel to termen, from the costa at five-sixths to the tornus, indented below the costa. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oecophorinae unplaced species alphitias​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018. Note: Though this source does not mention "Cryptolechia", it references the original description linked below.
  2. ↑ Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 56 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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