Cryptolechia vespertina
Cryptolechia vespertina is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in China[2] (Fujian, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Taiwan[3] and India.
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The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, sprinkled with blackish. The stigmata is large, cloudy and blackish. The hindwings of the males are whitish-ochreous, suffused with grey towards the termen. The hindwings of the females are grey, but paler towards the base and suffused with whitish-ochreous along the costa anteriorly.[4]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia vespertina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Wang, Shu-Xia, 2006, The Cryptolechia Zeller (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) of China (III): Checklist and descriptions of new species Zootaxa 1195: 1-29
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 605
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