Crocanthes thermobapta

Crocanthes thermobapta is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1920. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Crocanthes thermobapta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Crocanthes
Species:
C. thermobapta
Binomial name
Crocanthes thermobapta
Lower, 1920

The wingspan is 12–14 mm (0.47–0.55 in). The forewings are pale yellow, strongly suffused and streaked with orange and with a very broad dull purplish-fuscous oblique fascia, from the middle of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, the anterior edge limited by a fine fuscous, nearly straight line, the posterior edge dentate, the lowest dentation continued for a short distance along the fold. There is a fine fuscous line along the termen. The hindwings are pale yellowish orange.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (4 August 2016). "Crocanthes thermobapta Lower, 1920". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 44: 65.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.