Crocanthes gelastis
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| Species: | C. gelastis
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| Crocanthes gelastis Meyrick, 1918
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Crocanthes gelastis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous with an irregular transverse deep yellow spot crossing the end of the cell, not reaching the costa or dorsum. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a rather broad rather irregular deep yellow fascia from somewhat beyond the middle of the costa to the termen above the tornus.[2]
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