Enthetica picryntis

Enthetica picryntis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Enthetica
Species:	E. picryntis
Binomial name
	Enthetica picryntis; Meyrick, 1916

Enthetica picryntis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are brownish suffused with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous and blackish. The stigmata are represented by cloudy spots of dark fuscous or blackish irroration (sprinkles), the plical obliquely before the first discal, an additional spot on the fold between the first and second discal. The hindwings are grey whitish.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (December 6, 2013). "Enthetica picryntis Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 574. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (December 6, 2013). "Enthetica picryntis Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[2] Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 574. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.