Cryptolechia pytinaea
| Cryptolechia pytinaea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Cryptolechia |
| Species: | C. pytinaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptolechia pytinaea (Meyrick, 1902) | |
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Cryptolechia pytinaea is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1902.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]
The wingspan is 18-19 mm. The termen of the forewings is fuscous between the veins and there is a thicker subcostal streak from the base to beneath the middle of the costa and one in the disc from one-fifth to two-thirds. There is a stronger blackish-fuscous subdorsal streak from the base to the tornus. The hindwings are ochreous-grey-whitish.[3]