Chrysopsyche yaundae explained

Chrysopsyche yaundae is a moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927. It is found in Cameroon.[1]

The wingspan is about 38 mm. The forewings are very dark olive-green, with a trace of a dark subbasal transverse stripe and also a trace of a median stripe. The hindwings are dark sooty brown with paler fringes.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/CHRYYAUN Afro Moths
  2. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222932708655457#.VW1hg0avNZE Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334