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Euchaetis cryptorrhoda

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Oecophoridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Euchaetis

Euchaetis cryptorrhoda is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Turner in 1946. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 36 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-grey, lightly sprinkled with fuscous. The costal edge is rosy from the base to two-thirds and the markings are fuscous. The stigmata is small and distinct and the first discal spot is found at one-third, the plical beyond it and the second discal at two-thirds. There is a curved line of dots from beneath two-thirds of the costa to the tornus and there are some terminal dots. The hindwings are whitish.

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Euchaetis cryptorrhoda Wikipedia