Chrysotypus vittiferalis

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Chrysotypus vittiferalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Genus: Chrysotypus
Species:
C. vittiferalis
Binomial name
Chrysotypus vittiferalis
(Gaede, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Proterozeuxis vittiferalisGaede, 1917

Chrysotypus vittiferalis is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae first described by Max Gaede in 1917. [1] It is found in Ghana and Tanzania.

The body of this species is red brown, and the underside of the thorax is whitish. The wings are yellow brown with a net of thick and thin red-brown lines and a wingspan of 35 mm. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Chrysotypus vittiferalis (Gaede, 1917)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin". Berlin: In Kommission bei R. Friedländer. October 29, 1901 – via Internet Archive.


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