Crocanthes carcharias

Crocanthes carcharias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Crocanthes
Species:	C. carcharias
Binomial name
	Crocanthes carcharias; Meyrick, 1910

Crocanthes carcharias is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 25 mm (0.98 in). The forewings are purple-black with a large irregular-edged orange patch crossing the wing beyond the middle, suffusedly connected with the costa but separated from the dorsum by a slender streak of ground-colour, containing a small transverse-oval purple-black spot (the second discal stigma) near its anterior edge in the middle. The hindwings are orange, with the base narrowly black. There is an irregular purple black streak along the termen, forming a triangular spot at the apex, with a long triangular projection above the middle reaching the middle of the disc, and a shorter subtrianguiar projection below the middle.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Crocanthes". FUNET. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1910 : 440

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[1] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Crocanthes". FUNET. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1910 : 440