Cryptolechia iridias

Cryptolechia iridias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species: C. iridias
Binomial name
Cryptolechia iridias
Meyrick, 1910

Cryptolechia iridias is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]

The wingspan is 17-21 mm. The forewings are pale yellow-ochreous, sprinkled with dark brownish, expecially on the apical third. The base of the costa is suffused with dark fuscous. The stigmata is dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale shining ochreous, tinged with fuscous posteriorly.[3]

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