Chrysopsyche yaundae

Chrysopsyche yaundae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Genus:	Chrysopsyche
Species:	C. yaundae
Binomial name
	Chrysopsyche yaundae; Bethune-Baker, 1927

Last updated June 14, 2024

Chrysopsyche yaundae is a moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927.^[1] It is found in Cameroon.^[2]

The wingspan is about 38 mm. The forewings are very dark olive-green, with a trace of a dark subbasal transverse stripe and also a trace of a median stripe. The hindwings are dark sooty brown with paler fringes.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysopsyche yaundae". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 17, 2018.
↑ Afro Moths
↑ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chrysopsyche yaundae". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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