Biology:Chrysoscota tanyphara

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Short description: Species of moth

Chrysoscota tanyphara
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chrysoscota
Species:
C. tanyphara
Binomial name
Chrysoscota tanyphara
Turner, 1940

Chrysoscota tanyphara is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1940. It is found in Australia .[1] The habitat consists of rainforests.

The larvae probably feeds on lichens.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13467328 entry