Crocanthes thermobapta
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Species: | C. thermobapta
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Binomial name | |
Crocanthes thermobapta Lower, 1920
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Crocanthes thermobapta is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1920. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is 12–14 mm (0.47–0.55 in). The forewings are pale yellow, strongly suffused and streaked with orange and with a very broad dull purplish-fuscous oblique fascia, from the middle of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, the anterior edge limited by a fine fuscous, nearly straight line, the posterior edge dentate, the lowest dentation continued for a short distance along the fold. There is a fine fuscous line along the termen. The hindwings are pale yellowish orange.[2]
References[]
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (4 August 2016). "Crocanthes thermobapta Lower, 1920". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 44: 65.
Categories:
- Moths described in 1920
- Crocanthes
- Lecithoceridae stubs