Crocinis

Crocinis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Subfamily:	Drepaninae
Genus:	Crocinis Butler, 1879[1]
Type species
Crocinis fenestrata Butler, 1879
Synonyms
Drapena Gaede, 1927

Crocinis is a genus of moths from Madagascar belonging to the subfamily Drepaninae.[2] The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879.

Species

• Crocinis boboa Watson, 1965
• Crocinis canescens Watson, 1965
• Crocinis felina Watson, 1965
• Crocinis fenestrata Butler, 1879
• Crocinis imaitsoana Watson, 1965
• Crocinis licina Watson, 1965
• Crocinis prolixa Watson, 1965
• Crocinis spicata Watson, 1965
• Crocinis tetrathyra (Mabille, 1900)
• Crocinis viettei Watson, 1965

References

1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Crocinis Butler, 1879". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Crocinis Butler, 1879". Afromoths. Retrieved August 7, 2018.

• Butler (1879). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Madagascar, with notes on some of the forms already described". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5)4:227–246.
• Watson (1965). "A revision of the Ethiopian Drepanidae (Lepidoptera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supplement 3:1–178, pls. 1–18.