Ptilothyris crossoceros
| Ptilothyris crossoceros | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Ptilothyris |
| Species: | P. crossoceros |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilothyris crossoceros Meyrick, 1934 | |
Ptilothyris crossoceros is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1934. It is found in the Democratic Republic of 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]
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