Crocanthes temeraria
| Crocanthes temeraria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Crocanthes |
| Species: | C. temeraria |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocanthes temeraria Meyrick, 1910 | |
Crocanthes temeraria is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are crimson, the dorsal two-thirds from one-fourth to the termen suffused with purplish-grey, extended indefinitely to the costa at two-fifths and four-fifths, an irregular yellow-whitish spot towards the dorsum before one-fourth and a moderate subquadrate yellow- whitish spot in the middle of the disc. The costal edge is yellow from two-fifths to three-fourths, and more widely suffused with deep yellow from four-fifths to the apex. The hindwings are pale yellowish tinged throughout with crimson.[2]
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