Cryptolechia phoebas

Cryptolechia phoebas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species: C. phoebas
Binomial name
Cryptolechia phoebas
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Eulechria phoebas Meyrick, 1907
  • Leptosaces phoebas

Cryptolechia phoebas is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1907.[1] It is found in India (Assam) and Bhutan.[2]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous-yellow, posteriorly slightly brownish-tinged, the base of the costa narrowly dark fuscous. The stigmata is black, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a small additional black dot beneath the second discal. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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