Cryptolechia pytinaea is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1902.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

Cryptolechia pytinaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cryptolechia
Species:
C. pytinaea
Binomial name
Cryptolechia pytinaea
(Meyrick, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Leptosaces pytinaea Meyrick, 1902

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]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pytinaea group pytinaea​". 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. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (7): 222   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.