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Cryptolechia aganopis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cryptolechia

Cryptolechia aganopis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 15–19 mm for males and 19–26 mm for females. The forewings are light brown, slightly ferruginous tinged, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. The stigmata is dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale fuscous, tinged with whitish-ochreous anteriorly, darker towards the apex.

References

Cryptolechia aganopis Wikipedia