''Cryptaspasma brachyptycha'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genu ...

first described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) 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 Ed ...

in 1911. It is found in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

and

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Description

Adult male wingspan is 14–18 mm. Head and palpus brownish black. Antenna short and thickened. Thorax without a crest. Base of abdomen blackish purple which becomes grey posteriorly. Forewing elongate and triangular. Costa with a short triangular lobe. Apex rounded. Termen convex. Forewing cilia dark fuscous grey and hindwing with fuscous cilia. It has pale brown forewings with a large irregular dark brown patch in the middle. Hindwings brownish with velvety short hairs and without any markings. Adult female wingspan is 19 mm. Head, palpus, and thorax deep purple. A small tuft found between bases of antennae. Abdomen dark bronze fuscous. Venter whitish ochreous. Forewings elongate triangular. Costa gently curved. Apex obtuse. Termen convex and oblique. Forewings deep purple with brownish irrorations (speckles). Markings are dark brown. A small whitish dot found on closing vein. Cilia similar to male. Hindwings bronze brown with a bright bronze gloss. Cilia glossy fuscous bronze.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q13502365 Moths of Asia Moths described in 1911