Crocanthes glycina Meyrick, 1904 (also known as Crocanthes glycinae) LECITHOCERIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species are yellow with a dark brown area on the outer third of each forewing containing a yellow patch. The hindwings are plain brown The moths have a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The species is found in

Tasmania.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVIII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29 (1904), pp. 400-401, No. 220.

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(updated 28 April 2009, 27 November 2021)