Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Epermeniidae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species P. harpodes | |
Picrodoxa is a monotypic genus of moths in the Epermeniidae family. The only species in the genus, Picrodoxa harpodes, was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in India.
The wingspan is 16-18 mm. The forewings of the males are dark purple-fuscous, while they are brownish suffusedly irrorated with purple-fuscous in females. There is a transverse bar of darker suffusion on the end of the cell. The hindwings are dark grey.
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