Caenorycta anholochrysa

Caenorycta anholochrysa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Caenorycta
Species: C. anholochrysa
Binomial name
Caenorycta anholochrysa
(Diakonoff, 1966)
Synonyms
  • Coenorycta anholochrysa Diakonoff, 1966

Caenorycta anholochrysa is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1966. It is found on Sulawesi.[1]

The wingspan is about 38 mm. The forewings are glossy bright golden, the costa brownish black as far as the lower edge of the cell, this colour becoming suffused and lighter brown downwards, the black dusting forming distinct streaks along the upper edge of the cell and veins 7, 8, 9 and 10. The hindwings are glossy bright golden yellow.[2]

References

  1. "Caenorycta Meyrick, 1922" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  2. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 109 (3): 56


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