Crocanthes epitherma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Crocanthes
Species:
C. epitherma
Binomial name
Crocanthes epitherma
Lower, 1896

Crocanthes epitherma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1896. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm (0.39 in) for males and 12 mm (0.47 in) for females. The forewings are bright orange yellow with a thick fuscous streak along the basal half of the costa. There is a faint elongate fuscous spot on the costa just beyond this, from which proceeds a faint curved line to about the middle of the hindmargin, but hardly reaching it. A few faint fuscous scales are found along the inner margin towards the base and there is a strongly marked fine black hindmarginal line, hardly reaching the margins. The hindwings are pale yellow with a very faintly indicated angulated line from the middle of the costa approaching the inner margin, but not reaching it.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (4 August 2016). "Crocanthes epitherma Lower, 1896". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 20: 170. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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