''Crocanthes epitherma'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

in the family

Lecithoceridae The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ...

. It was described by

Oswald Bertram Lower Oswald Bertram Lower (1863 in Adelaide, South Australia – 18 March 1925 in Wayville, South Australia) was an Australian chemist and pharmacist who is best known for his contributions to entomology, in particular butterflies and moths. His coll ...

in 1896. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...

is about for males and for females. The forewings are bright orange yellow with a thick fuscous streak along the basal half of the costa. There is a faint elongate fuscous spot on the costa just beyond this, from which proceeds a faint curved line to about the middle of the hindmargin, but hardly reaching it. A few faint fuscous scales are found along the inner margin towards the base and there is a strongly marked fine black hindmarginal line, hardly reaching the margins. The hindwings are pale yellow with a very faintly indicated angulated line from the middle of the costa approaching the inner margin, but not reaching it.''Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia''. 20: 170.

References

Moths described in 1896 Crocanthes {{Lecithoceridae-stub