Cryptolechia aganopis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Cryptolechia |
| Species: | C. aganopis
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| Cryptolechia aganopis (Meyrick, 1905)
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The wingspan is 15–19 mm for males and 19–26 mm for females.[3] The forewings are light brown, slightly ferruginous tinged, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. The stigmata is dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale fuscous, tinged with whitish-ochreous anteriorly, darker towards the apex.[4]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia aganopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 163
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 605
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