Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Xyloryctidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Eumenodora | |
Eumenodora encrypta is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is found in India.
The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are ochreous-brownish with four narrow obscure suffused whitish longitudinal streaks (subcostal, discal, plical, and dorsal) from the base to about three-fourths, irrorated grey more strongly posteriorly. Beyond these is a similar acutely angulated transverse line at five-sixths marked with an extremely fine dash or group of blackish-grey scales in the disc, and streaks on the apical part of the costa and termen. There are some blackish-grey scales on the fold towards the tornus. The hindwings are grey-whitish in males, with a thin expansible pencil of very fine whitish hairs from the base of the costa. The female hindwings are light grey.
The larvae feed on the needles of Casuarina species.