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)
Synonyms
	Proterozeuxis vittiferalis Gaede, 1917;

Chrysotypus vittiferalis is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae first described by Max Gaede in 1917.^[1] 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 and a wingspan of 35 mm.^[2]

References

^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Chrysotypus vittiferalis (Gaede, 1917)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
^ "Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin". Berlin: In Kommission bei R. Friedländer. October 29, 1901 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Chrysotypus vittiferalis (Gaede, 1917)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 27, 2020.

[2] "Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin". Berlin: In Kommission bei R. Friedländer. October 29, 1901 – via Internet Archive.

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