Crocanthes temeraria is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

Crocanthes temeraria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Crocanthes
Species:
C. temeraria
Binomial name
Crocanthes temeraria
Meyrick, 1910

The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The forewings are crimson, the dorsal two-thirds from one-fourth to the termen suffused with purplish grey, extended indefinitely to the costa at two-fifths and four-fifths, an irregular yellow-whitish spot towards the dorsum before one-fourth and a moderate subquadrate yellow-whitish spot in the middle of the disc. The costal edge is yellow from two-fifths to three-fourths, and more widely suffused with deep yellow from four-fifths to the apex. The hindwings are pale yellowish tinged throughout with crimson.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Crocanthes". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 20 July 2020 – via FUNET.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 443.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.