Cryptolechia pytinaea

Cryptolechia pytinaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species: C. pytinaea
Binomial name
Cryptolechia pytinaea
(Meyrick, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Leptosaces pytinaea Meyrick, 1902

Cryptolechia pytinaea is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1902.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The termen of the forewings is fuscous between the veins and there is a thicker subcostal streak from the base to beneath the middle of the costa and one in the disc from one-fifth to two-thirds. There is a stronger blackish-fuscous subdorsal streak from the base to the tornus. The hindwings are ochreous-grey-whitish.[3]

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