Crocanthes crypsichola
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| Crocanthes crypsichola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Crocanthes |
| Species: | C. crypsichola |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocanthes crypsichola Durrant, 1915 | |
Crocanthes crypsichola is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by John Hartley Durrant in 1915. It is found on New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm (0.79 in). The forewings are shining, purplish fuscous, with a narrow, outwardly oblique, pale primrose-yellow fascia crossing the wing from the middle of the costa almost to the dorsum, and with a small triangular costal spot of the same colour before the apex. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]
