Cryptolechia chrysocoma
| Cryptolechia chrysocoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Cryptolechia |
| Species: | C. chrysocoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptolechia chrysocoma (Meyrick, 1905)
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Cryptolechia chrysocoma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark shining purplish-bronzy-fuscous. The costal edge is yellow except at the base and apex. The hindwings are dark bronzy-fuscous.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia chrysocoma". 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 16 (4): 605
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