Cryptolechia similifloralis

Cryptolechia similifloralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species: C. similifloralis
Binomial name
Cryptolechia similifloralis
Wang, 2006

Cryptolechia similifloralis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Wang in 2006.[1] It is found in China (Hubei, Sichuan).

The length of the forewings is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with an orange-yellow fascia extending from the costal margin at about two-fifth length to the dorsum at two-thirds length. There is also a weak black dot at the middle of the cell, the end of the cell and the middle of the fold. The costal margin has an orange-yellow dot at the distal one-fifth. The hindwings are light brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the flowerlike distal part of aedeagus and is derived from Latin simil- (meaning similar) and floralis (meaning flower).[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Wang, Shu-Xia, 2006, The Cryptolechia Zeller (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) of China (III): Checklist and descriptions of new species Zootaxa 1195: 1-29


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