Crocanthes characotis Meyrick, 1916 LECITHOCERIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are yellow, each with two black bands, and other dark markings. The hindwings are pale brown with vague dark bands. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1, Part 19 (1916), p. 592.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 102.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 89.

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(updated 7 October 2011)