Crocanthes thermobapta

Crocanthes thermobapta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Crocanthes
Species: C. thermobapta
Binomial name
Crocanthes thermobapta
Lower, 1920

Crocanthes thermobapta is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Lower in 1920. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is 12-14 mm. The forewings are pale yellow, strongly suffused and streaked with orange and with a very broad dull purplish-fuscous oblique fascia, from the middle of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, the anterior edge limited by a fine fuscous, nearly straight line, the posterior edge dentate, the lowest dentation continued for a short distance along the fold. There is a fine fuscous line along the termen. The hindwings are pale yellowish-orange.[2]

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