Ptilothyris crossoceros
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Species: | P. crossoceros
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Binomial name | |
Ptilothyris crossoceros Meyrick, 1934
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Ptilothyris crossoceros is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (North Kivu) and Tanzania.[1][2]
The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are dark purple with a more or less developed variable suffused pale yellow blotch beyond the middle of the dorsum. The hindwings are orange, with the apical two-fifths dark fuscous, the division suffused, extended as a narrow suffused border along the remainder of the termen and dorsum to the base.[3]
References[]
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Ptilothyris crossoceros Meyrick, 1934". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ptilothyris crossoceros Meyrick, 1934". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (15): 452.
Categories:
- Moths described in 1934
- Ptilothyris
- Lecithoceridae stubs