Hibrildes crawshayi

Hibrildes crawshayi is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1896.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]

Hibrildes crawshayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eupterotidae
Genus:
Hibrildes
Species:
H. crawshayi
Binomial name
Hibrildes crawshayi
Butler, 1896
Synonyms
  • Hibrildes ansorgei albescens Joicey & Talbot, 1924
  • Hibrildes albopunctata Bethune-Baker, 1915
  • Hibrildes ansorgei Kirby, 1896
  • Hibrildes ansorgei albescens f. bicolor Talbot, 1928
  • Hibrildes craushayi Hampson, 1910
  • Hibrildes venosa f. fuscata Hering, 1926
  • Hibrildes neavi Hampson, 1910
  • Hibrildes venosa Kirby, 1896

The wingspan is 61 mm. Adults are semitransparent rosy tawny, with slender black veins. The forewings have a short black bar across the end of the cell and the external border is dark grey, dentate-sinuate internally, broad at the apex and narrow at the external angle. The hindwings have a black discocellular dash, the external border rather broadly blackish, enclosing six spots of the ground colour.[3]

References
  1. "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Hibrildes crawshayi Butler, 1896". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. Butler, A. G. 1896a. Descriptions of some new Lepidoptera from Nyasa-land. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(104): 162


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