Cryptolechia sciodeta

Cryptolechia sciodeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species: C. sciodeta
Binomial name
Cryptolechia sciodeta
Meyrick, 1930

Cryptolechia sciodeta is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930.[1] It is found in Brazil.[2]

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.[3]

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