Chrysotypus vittiferalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Genus: Chrysotypus
Species:
C. vittiferalis
Binomial name
Chrysotypus vittiferalis
(Gaede, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Proterozeuxis vittiferalis Gaede, 1917

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]

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Chrysotypus vittiferalis (Gaede, 1917)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  2. "Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin". Berlin: In Kommission bei R. Friedländer. October 29, 1901 via Internet Archive.


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