Chrysotypus vittiferalis

Chrysotypus vittiferalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Subfamily: Thyridinae
Genus: Chrysotypus
Species: C. vittiferalis
Binomial name
Chrysotypus vittiferalis
(Gaede, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Proterozeuxis vittiferalis Gaede, 1917

Chrysotypus vittiferalis is a species of moth of the Thyrididae family. It is found in Ghana and Tanzania.

The body of this species is red brown, and the underside of the thorax is whitish. The wings are yellow brown with a net of thick and thin red-brown lines with a wingspan of 35 mm.[2]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths
  2. ↑ (in German) Gaede, Max, 1916, Die äthiopischen Thyrididen nach dem Material des Berliner zoologischen Museums.-Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 8. bd., 3. hft.:380, fig.9
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.