Chrysocraspeda aurantibasis

Chrysocraspeda aurantibasis is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North Madagascar.

Chrysocraspeda aurantibasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Subfamily:
Sterrhinae
Genus:
Chrysocraspeda
Species:
C. aurantibasis
Binomial name
Chrysocraspeda aurantibasis
(Herbulot, 1970)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ptochophyle aurantibasis Herbulot, 1970

The male of this moth has a reddish head and the antennae are bipectinated over 2/3 of their length. The upperside of its body is acajou-brown, underside and legs are yellowish. The first two pairs of the legs have a reddish front side. The upper side of the forewings are acajou-brown with a large red-orange spot at its base and two sinuated lines of the same colour. The underside is pale pinkish. The hindwings have a similar coloration but their underside is whitish.

The length of the forewings is 9mm.[2]

The holotype had been collected at the route d'Anosibe, Ampitameloka, altitude 840 m.

References
  1. afromoths.net
  2. C.Herbulot, 1970 Mémoires ORSTORM No. 37, Lépidoptères Geometridae du Tsaratanana - Mission dans le Massif du Tsaratanana, page 161, pl. 13, Fig.4


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