Crocanthes diula

Crocanthes diula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Crocanthes
Species:	C. diula
Binomial name
	Crocanthes diula; Meyrick, 1904

Crocanthes diula is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1][2]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm (0.43–0.51 in). The forewings are bronzy fuscous, irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous and with an oblique whitish-ochreous mark on the costa before the middle. There is a narrow wedge-shaped whitish-ochreous mark along the costa beyond three-fourths. The hindwings are dark bronzy-fuscous.[3]

References

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Crocanthes". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 20 July 2020 – via FUNET.
Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (23 August 2019). "Crocanthes diula Meyrick, 1904". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 398 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Crocanthes". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 20 July 2020 – via FUNET.

[2] Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (23 August 2019). "Crocanthes diula Meyrick, 1904". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 398 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.