Cryptolechia rhodobapta

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

Cryptolechia rhodobapta is a moth in the Depressariidae family.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

Taxonomy

This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[3][4] However the placement of this species within the Cryptolechia genus is in doubt.[1] As a result, this species has also been referred to as Cryptolechia (s.l.) rhodobapta.[2]

Description

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are rosy-lilac-brownish, with the costal edge ferruginous. The stigmata are small, indistinct and dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal. There is an obtusely angulated subterminal series of indistinct short interneural dark-fuscous dashes. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cryptolechia rhodobapta Meyrick, 1923". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  2. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  3. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1923). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 162–169. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 87. Retrieved 1 February 2018.


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