Cryptolechia alphitias

Cryptolechia alphitias is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1923.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

Cryptolechia alphitias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Cryptolechia
Species:
C. alphitias
Binomial name
Cryptolechia alphitias
Lower, 1923

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are dull whitish, suffusedly irrorated with pale fuscous. The markings are fuscous and there is a curved series of three obscure basal spots, as well as an obscure outwardly-curved narrow fascia, from the costa about one-fourth to the dorsum at one-fourth. There is also a moderately broad, suffused and somewhat interrupted direct postmedian fascia, which is darkest on the margins, as well as a curved series of dots, parallel to termen, from the costa at five-sixths to the tornus, indented below the costa. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oecophorinae unplaced species alphitias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018. Note: Though this source does not mention "Cryptolechia", it references the original description linked below.
  2. Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 56


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