Chrysotypus_dawsoni

<i>Chrysotypus dawsoni</i>

Chrysotypus dawsoni

Species of moth

Chrysotypus dawsoni is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae.

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It is found in Togo, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa.[2]

The body of this species is red brown, and the underside of the thorax is whitish. The wings are yellow brown with irregular dark brown lines with a wingspan of 34–48 mm.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Distant, 1897d. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20:197–211.
  2. [2]
    De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Chrysotypus dawsoni Distant, 1897". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  3. [3]
    (in German) Gaede, Max, 1916, Die äthiopischen Thyrididen nach dem Material des Berliner zoologischen Museums.-Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 8. bd., 3. hft.:381, fig.10


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