Chrysotypus dawsoni

Chrysotypus dawsoni is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae.

Chrysotypus dawsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Thyrididae
Subfamily:
Thyridinae
Genus:
Chrysotypus
Species:
C. dawsoni
Binomial name
Chrysotypus dawsoni
Synonyms
  • Proterozeuxis acuatalis Gaede, 1917
  • Proterozeuxis ansorgei Warren, 1899
  • Proterozeuxis brunnea Warren, 1908
  • Chrysotypus pectinifer (Hampson, 1906)

It is found in Togo, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa.[2]

The body of this species is red brown, and the underside of the thorax is whitish. The wings are yellow brown with irregular dark brown lines with a wingspan of 34–48 mm.[3]

References
  1. Distant, 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20:197–211.
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Chrysotypus dawsoni Distant, 1897". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  3. (in German) Gaede, Max, 1916, Die äthiopischen Thyrididen nach dem Material des Berliner zoologischen Museums.-Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 8. bd., 3. hft.:381, fig.10


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.