Chrysotypus dawsoni
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Chrysotypus dawsoni is a species of moth of the Thyrididae family.
It is found in Togo, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa.[2]
The body of this species is red brown, and the underside of the thorax is whitish. The wings are yellow brown with irregular dark brown lines with a wingspan of 34–48 mm.[3]
References
- ^ Distant, 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20:197–211.
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Chrysotypus dawsoni Distant, 1897". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ (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.:381, fig.10