Crocanthes
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Crocanthes is a genus of moth
in the family Lecithoceridae
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Lecithoceridae
Lecithoceridae
Lecithoceridae is a family of small moths. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalaya ecozone and the southern part of the Palaearctic ecozone.-Systematics:...
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Selected species
- Crocanthes acroxantha Lower, 1896
- Crocanthes characotis Meyrick, 1916
- Crocanthes chordotona Meyrick, 1916
- Crocanthes diula Meyrick, 1904
- Crocanthes doliopa Meyrick, 1921
- Crocanthes epitherma Lower, 1896
- Crocanthes glycinaCrocanthes glycinaCrocanthes glycina is a species of moth of the Lecithoceridae family. It is found in Australia....
Meyrick, 1904 - Crocanthes halurga Meyrick, 1904
- Crocanthes micradelphaCrocanthes micradelphaCrocanthes micradelpha is a species of moth of the Lecithoceridae family. It is found in the northern parts of Queensland in Australia....
(Lower, 1897) - Crocanthes pancala (Turner, 1919)
- Crocanthes perigrapta Meyrick, 1904
- Crocanthes prasinopisCrocanthes prasinopisCrocanthes prasinopis is a species of moth of the Lecithoceridae family. It is found in Australia, including Tasmania....
Meyrick, 1886 - Crocanthes sidonia Meyrick, 1910
- Crocanthes thermobapta Lower, 1920
- Crocanthes thiomorpha Turner, 1933
- Crocanthes trizona Lower, 1916
- Crocanthes venustula Turner, 1933
- Crocanthes zonias Meyrick, 1904
- Crocanthes zonodesma Lower, 1900