Cryptolechia municipalis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
| Cryptolechia municipalis | |
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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. municipalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptolechia municipalis Meyrick, 1920
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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]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cosmopterigidae unplaced species municipalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018. Note: This source does not mention "Cryptolechia", but it references the original description linked below.
- ^ "Cryptolechia Zeller, 1852" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2: 316
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