Thisanotia
Sign in to saveThisanotia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Its single species, Thisanotia chrysonuchella, described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica, is found in Europe.
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Thisanotia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Its single species, Thisanotia chrysonuchella, described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica, is found in Europe.
== Description == The wingspan is 24–34 mm. The forewings are ferruginous- brown, clearly irrorated with black; veins and costal edge marked with rather undefined white streaks; median line thick, obtusely angulated, ferruginous-brown; second white, anteriorly edged with ferruginous-brown, rounded -angulated; termen ferruginous- yellow, with some indistinct black dots; cilia metallic. The hindwings are grey.
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