Cryptolechia Tyrochyta
''Cryptolechia tyrochyta'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in southern India. The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are light yellow-ochreous. The hindwings are grey. References

Moths described in 1910 Cryptolechia (moth) Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Cryptolechiinae-stub ...
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Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Edward Meyrick came from a Welsh clerical family and was born in Ramsbury on the Kennet to a namesake father. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He actively pursued his hobby during his schooling, and one colleague stated in 1872 that Meyrick "has not left a lamp, a paling, or a tree unexamined in which a moth could possibly, at any stage of its existence, lie hid." Meyrick began publishing notes on microlepidopterans in 1875, but when in December, 1877 he gained a post at The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, there were greater opportunities for indulging his interest. He stayed in Australia for ten years (from 1877 until the end of 1886) working a ...
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