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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]

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cryptolechia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 163
  4. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 605 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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