Cyanocrates inventrix

Cyanocrates inventrix is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in Nigeria.[1][2]

Cyanocrates inventrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Cyanocrates
Species:
C. inventrix
Binomial name
Cyanocrates inventrix
Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is about 43 mm. The forewings are indigo blue suffused with blue blackish between the veins and with a broad very oblique suffused ochreous-white patch extending from beneath the costa anteriorly to beneath the posterior portion of the cell. There is an irregular undefined fascia of suffused ochreous irroration (sprinkling) just before the termen. The hindwings are ochreous white with a blue-blackish terminal fascia, around the apex occupying two-fifths of the wing, narrowed to a point near the tornus.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 14, 2013). "Cyanocrates inventrix Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cyanocrates inventrix Meyrick, 1925". Afromoths. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 156.


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