Crocanthes hecuba

Crocanthes hecuba is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

Crocanthes hecuba
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C. hecuba
Binomial name
Crocanthes hecuba
Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are deep purple with an orange basal patch extending to near the middle on the margins but the edge suffusedly concave. The apex and termen are suffused deep brassy-bronze. The hindwings are blackish-fuscous.[2]

References

  1. "funet.fi". Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. Exotic Microlep. 4 (2-4): 74


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