''Placanthes'' is a genus of

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 w ...

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 contains the species ''Placanthes xanthomorpha'', which is found in the

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(

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). The

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is about 24 mm. The forewings are blackish-fuscous with orange-yellow markings. There is an elongate-oblong spot above the dorsum from near the base to one-fourth and a small elongate spot beneath the costa at one-fifth, as well as a transverse blotch in the disc before the middle not reaching the margins. A large oval blotch extends in the disc from beyond the middle to five-sixths, with a small pointed posterior projection. The hindwings are dark bronzy-fuscous with orange-yellow markings. There is a rather thick subcostal streak from one-fourth to beyond the middle and an irregular trapezoidal blotch occupying the posterior half of the dorsum and extending to near the middle of the disc. An oval blotch extends in the disc from the middle to five-sixths, with a patch occupying the apical projection except the tip, including a row of scattered blackish scales, and extended as a pointed streak along the upper part of the termen.Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 42
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References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Lecithoceridae Monotypic moth genera {{Lecithoceridae-stub