Chrysotypus vittiferalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Thyrididae |
Genus: | Chrysotypus |
Species: | C. vittiferalis
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Binomial name | |
Chrysotypus vittiferalis (Gaede, 1917)
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Chrysotypus vittiferalis is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae first described by Max Gaede in 1917.[1] It is found in Ghana and Tanzania.
The body of this species is red brown, and the underside of the thorax is whitish. The wings are yellow brown with a net of thick and thin red-brown lines and a wingspan of 35 mm.[2]