Chrysotypus dawsoni

Chrysotypus dawsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Thyrididae
Subfamily:	Thyridinae
Genus:	Chrysotypus
Species:	C. dawsoni
Binomial name
	Chrysotypus dawsoni; Distant, 1897[1]
Synonyms
	Proterozeuxis acuatalis Gaede, 1917; Proterozeuxis ansorgei Warren, 1899; Proterozeuxis brunnea Warren, 1908; Chrysotypus pectinifer (Hampson, 1906);

Chrysotypus dawsoni is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae.

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

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[1] Distant, 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20:197–211.

[2] De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Chrysotypus dawsoni Distant, 1897". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.

[3] (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