Crocanthes micradelpha
| Crocanthes micradelpha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Crocanthes |
| Species: | C. micradelpha |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocanthes micradelpha (Lower, 1897) | |
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Crocanthes micradelpha is a species of moth of the Lecithoceridae family. It is found in the northern parts of Queensland in Australia.
The wingspan is about 10 mm.[1] The forewings are orange-yellow with a small blackish spot on the costa at one-third from the base and a broad, purplish-fuscous, hindmarginal band, occupying one-third of the wing, the anterior edge darker, and slightly curved outwards. There is a yellowish, elongate spot on the costal portion of the band. The hindwings are dark-fuscous.[2]
C. micradelpha lays flat eggs. The larvae that hatch from them are white, and hairy, feeding on eucalypt leaf litter.[3]
References
- ↑ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (9 September 2008). "Crocanthes micradelpha". uts.edu.au. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ↑ Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 21 : 56
- ↑ Moths of Australia
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