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Cryptolechia taphrocopa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cryptolechia

Cryptolechia taphrocopa is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Colombia.

The wingspan is 28-36 mm. The forewings are reddish-brown, sometimes largely suffused whitish-ochreous, the veins and costal edge marked with white lines, between the veins partially and irregularly mixed with dark fuscous. There are some white scales posteriorly and the discal stigmata is blackish. The hindwings are grey, but darker posteriorly.

References

Cryptolechia taphrocopa Wikipedia