Ptilothyris crossoceros

Ptilothyris crossoceros is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (North Kivu) and Tanzania.[1][2]

Ptilothyris crossoceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Ptilothyris
Species:
P. crossoceros
Binomial name
Ptilothyris crossoceros
Meyrick, 1934

The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are dark purple with a more or less developed variable suffused pale yellow blotch beyond the middle of the dorsum. The hindwings are orange, with the apical two-fifths dark fuscous, the division suffused, extended as a narrow suffused border along the remainder of the termen and dorsum to the base.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Ptilothyris crossoceros Meyrick, 1934". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ptilothyris crossoceros Meyrick, 1934". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (15): 452.


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