Crocanthes micradelpha: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lecithoceridae
- Genus
- Crocanthes
- Species
- Crocanthes micradelpha
- Scientific Name
- Crocanthes micradelpha
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Crocanthes micradelpha
Crocanthes micradelpha is a species of moth of the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in the northern parts of Queensland in Australia.
The wingspan is about 10 mm (0.39 in). The forewings are orange-yellow with a small blackish spot on the costa at one-third from the base and a broad, purplish-fuscous, hindmarginal band, occupying one-third of the wing, the anterior edge darker, and slightly curved outwards. There is a yellowish, elongate spot on the costal portion of the band. The hindwings are dark-fuscous.
C. micradelpha lays flat eggs. The larvae that hatch from them are white, and hairy, feeding on eucalypt leaf litter.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Crocanthes characotis
- Crocanthes chordotona
- Crocanthes diula
- Crocanthes glycina
- Crocanthes halurga
- Crocanthes micradelpha
- Crocanthes pancala
- Crocanthes perigrapta
- Crocanthes prasinopis
- Crocanthes protoma
- Crocanthes pyrochorda
- Crocanthes sidonia
- Crocanthes thiomorpha
- Crocanthes trizona
- Crocanthes xanthorrhea
- Crocanthes zonodesma































































































































































