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Crocanthes eurypyra

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Crocanthes eurypyra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Crocanthes
Species:
C. eurypyra
Binomial name
Crocanthes eurypyra
Meyrick, 1918
Synonyms
  • Pacificulla eurypyra (Meyrick, 1918)

Crocanthes eurypyra is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm (0.63 in). The forewings are orange with dark purple-fuscous markings. There is a basal patch, the outer edge rather convex, running from one-third of the costa to before one-fourth of the dorsum, connected by a slender costal streak with the terminal band. A somewhat pentagonal spot is found in the middle of the disc and a terminal band, with the edge slightly concave, runs from three-fourths of the costa to just before the tornus. The hindwings are orange with dark fuscous markings. There is a small basal patch, hardly extending to one-fifth of the wing and a trapezoidal spot in the disc at two-fifths, broadest above. There is also an apical fascia, broad on the costa, attenuated to below the middle of the termen.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Pacificulla eurypyra (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 97. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.