Crocanthes heliograpta

Crocanthes heliograpta is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

Crocanthes heliograpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Crocanthes
Species:	C. heliograpta
Binomial name
Crocanthes heliograpta Meyrick, 1929
Synonyms
Aprosoesta heliograpta (Meyrick, 1929)

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are deep reddish orange with black markings and two irregular transverse streaks towards the base, a third about two-fifths, its lower portion enlarged into a spot, the first discal stigma between the second and third of these, the plical forming a projection on the posterior edge of the second, the second discal a transverse spot near beyond the third. There is an irregular transverse line from the costa at three-fourths to a small dorsal spot before the tornus, slightly indented in the middle. There is also a triangular apical and terminal patch, its edge near and parallel to the preceding. The hindwings are deep reddish orange with black markings. A basal spot, a dot in the disc beyond this, a transverse discal spot at two-fifths, and a larger irregular transverse spot beneath this nearly reach the margin. There is an irregular sinuate transverse line at three-fourths, as well as two confluent round spots and a dot below them on the upper part of the termen.[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (May 11, 2016). "Aprosoesta heliograpta (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via FUNET.
2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 520.