Crocanthes triglenopa

Crocanthes triglenopa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

Crocanthes triglenopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Crocanthes
Species:
C. triglenopa
Binomial name
Crocanthes triglenopa
Meyrick, 1929

Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this name as a synonym of Crocanthes symmochlopa Meyrick, 1929.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm (0.51 in). The forewings are reddish orange with the veins marked with irregular black lines, not reaching the margins, posteriorly terminated by a straight black streak from the costa at five-sixths not reaching the tornus, or some not reaching this. There is a slender black marginal streak around the apex and termen. The hindwings are reddish orange with the veins marked with fine black lines not reaching the margin. There are three rounded black separate blotches occupying the upper half of the termen.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Crocanthes". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 20 July 2020 – via FUNET.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 520.


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