Cryptolechia sciodeta

(Cryptolechia sciodeta)

Description

Cryptolechia sciodeta is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Brazil. The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are yellow-whitish, becoming pale ochreous-yellow towards the termen and the costa narrowly grey to near the apex. The stigmata is grey, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal and there is a small spot of greyish suffusion on the dorsum at one-fourth, as well as an irregular streak of fuscous suffusion along the termen and two dots on the costa before the apex. The hindwings are whitish.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Oecophoridae
Genus:Cryptolechia
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