Crocanthes diula

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

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are bronzy-fuscous, irrorated 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]

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