Cryptolechia municipalis

Cryptolechia municipalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species: C. municipalis
Binomial name
Cryptolechia municipalis
Meyrick, 1920

Cryptolechia municipalis is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous irrorated fuscous, the costa suffused are dark fuscous towards the base. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical hardly before the first discal, the second discal forming a small transverse spot. There is a marginal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[3]

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