Cryptolechia aeraria

Cryptolechia aeraria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species: C. aeraria
Binomial name
Cryptolechia aeraria
Meyrick, 1910

Cryptolechia aeraria is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, sprinkled with blackish and with some ochreous-yellow scales towards the costa anteriorly. There is a rather broad undefined median fascia of ochreous-yellow irroration and there are some scattered ochreous-yellow scales posteriorly. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

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