Crocanthes xanthistia

Crocanthes xanthistia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Crocanthes
Species: C. xanthistia
Binomial name
Crocanthes xanthistia
Meyrick, 1931

Crocanthes xanthistia is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with the costal edge, a triangular fasciate blotch from the costa before the middle not quite reaching the dorsum, and a terminal fascia occupying the apical fourth of the costa with the anterior edge concave and narrowed to a point at the tornus all orange-yellow. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

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