Crocanthes carcharias is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

Crocanthes carcharias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Crocanthes
Species:
C. carcharias
Binomial name
Crocanthes carcharias
Meyrick, 1910
Synonyms
  • Pacificulla carcharias (Meyrick, 1910)

The wingspan is about 25 mm (0.98 in). The forewings are purple black with a large irregular-edged orange patch crossing the wing beyond the middle, suffusedly connected with the costa but separated from the dorsum by a slender streak of ground colour, containing a small transverse-oval purple-black spot (the second discal stigma) near its anterior edge in the middle. The hindwings are orange, with the base narrowly black. There is an irregular purple-black streak along the termen, forming a triangular spot at the apex, with a long triangular projection above the middle reaching the middle of the disc, and a shorter sub-triangular projection below the middle.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (11 May 2016). "Pacificulla carcharias (Meyrick, 1910)". Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via FUNET.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 440.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.