Crocanthes fallax is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by John Hartley Durrant in 1915. It is found on New Guinea.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Crocanthes |
| Species: | C. fallax
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| Binomial name | |
| Crocanthes fallax Durrant, 1915
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The wingspan is about 22 mm (0.87 in). The forewings are shining, purplish fuscous, with a narrow, outwardly oblique, pale primrose-yellow fascia crossing the wing from the middle of the costa almost to the dorsum, and with a minute dull ochreous, triangular, costal spot before the apex. The hindwings are purplish fuscous.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 4, 2016). "Crocanthes fallax Durrant, 1915". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea : 164
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