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Crocanthes rhodantha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Crocanthes

Crocanthes rhodantha is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light rosy-crimson with an irregular transverse light yellow blotch in the disc before the middle, connected with the costa before the middle by some yellowish suffusion. There is a series of indistinct yellow marks along the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale greyish, the apex slightly rosy-tinged.

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