en Cryptolechia sperans

Cryptolechia sperans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cryptolechia
Species:	C. sperans
Binomial name
	Cryptolechia sperans; Meyrick, 1926

Cryptolechia sperans is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.^[1] It is found on Borneo.^[2]

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.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia sperans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ The Sarawak Museum Journal 3: 159 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia sperans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[2] "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[3] The Sarawak Museum Journal 3: 159 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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