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Enthetica picryntis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Enthetica

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

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, the plical obliquely before the first discal, an additional spot on the fold between the first and second discal. The hindwings are grey-whitish.

References

Enthetica picryntis Wikipedia