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Crocanthes zonodesma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Crocanthes
Species:	C. zonodesma
Binomial name
Crocanthes zonodesma Lower, 1900

Crocanthes zonodesma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 14–17 mm (0.55–0.67 in). The forewings are orange yellow with purple-brown markings. There is a broad costal streak from the base to two-thirds, as well as some scattered scales and dorsal suffusion beneath it. There is a patch occupying the terminal half of the wing, the anterior edge slightly curved, irregular, from the middle of the costa to beyond the middle of the dorsum, enclosing an orange-yellow oval blotch in the middle. A dot is found on the dorsum before the tornus, and an elongate suffused mark along the costa towards the apex. The hindwings are dark bronzy.

References

1. Savela, Markku (4 August 2016). "Crocanthes zonodesma Lower, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (9 September 2008). " Crocanthes zonodesma Lower, 1900". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
3. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II ): 398 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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