Crocanthes celema

Crocanthes celema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Crocanthes
Species:	C. celema
Binomial name
	Crocanthes celema; Durrant, 1915

Crocanthes celema is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by John Hartley Durrant in 1915. It is found on New Guinea.^[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are purplish ferruginous, with a conspicuous canary-yellow triangular patch on the middle of the costa, reaching to beyond the cubitus. The yellow colouring is continued narrowly along the costa and termen to the tornus, expanding into a second costal triangle before the apex. The hindwings are shining, ochraceous.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 4, 2016). "Crocanthes celema 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: 152 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (August 4, 2016). "Crocanthes celema Durrant, 1915". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2021.

[2] Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea: 152 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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