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Cryptolechia sperans

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cryptolechia

Cryptolechia sperans is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found on Borneo.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are purplish-grey irrorated with dark fuscous. The stigmata is indistinct, dark-fuscous and accompanied by one or two whitish scales. There is also a small ochreous-whitish flattened-triangular spot on the costa at about three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey.

References

Cryptolechia sperans Wikipedia