Crocanthes fallax

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Crocanthes fallax
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Crocanthes
Species:
C. fallax
Binomial name
Crocanthes fallax
Durrant, 1915

Crocanthes fallax is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by John Hartley Durrant in 1915. It is found on New Guinea. [1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm (0.87 in). The forewings are shining, purplish fuscous, with a narrow, outwardly oblique, pale primrose-yellow fascia crossing the wing from the middle of the costa almost to the dorsum, and with a minute dull ochreous, triangular, costal spot before the apex. The hindwings are purplish fuscous. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (August 4, 2016). "Crocanthes fallax Durrant, 1915". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  2. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea : 164 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .