Crocanthes gelastis

Crocanthes gelastis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Crocanthes
Species: C. gelastis
Binomial name
Crocanthes gelastis
Meyrick, 1918

Crocanthes gelastis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous with an irregular transverse deep yellow spot crossing the end of the cell, not reaching the costa or dorsum. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a rather broad rather irregular deep yellow fascia from somewhat beyond the middle of the costa to the termen above the tornus.[2]

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