Crocanthes zonodesma
Crocanthes zonodesma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Crocanthes |
Species: | C. zonodesma
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Binomial name | |
Crocanthes zonodesma Lower, 1900
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Crocanthes zonodesma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1][2]
The wingspan is 14–17 mm (0.55–0.67 in). The forewings are orange yellow with purple-brown markings. There is a broad costal streak from the base to two-thirds, as well as some scattered scales and dorsal suffusion beneath it. There is a patch occupying the terminal half of the wing, the anterior edge slightly curved, irregular, from the middle of the costa to beyond the middle of the dorsum, enclosing an orange-yellow oval blotch in the middle. A dot is found on the dorsum before the tornus, and an elongate suffused mark along the costa towards the apex. The hindwings are dark bronzy.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (4 August 2016). "Crocanthes zonodesma Lower, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 September 2008). " Crocanthes zonodesma Lower, 1900". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 398 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.