Enchocrates phaedryntis
| Enchocrates phaedryntis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Enchocrates |
| Species: | E. phaedryntis
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| Binomial name | |
| Enchocrates phaedryntis Meyrick, 1888
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Enchocrates phaedryntis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[1]
The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are bright crimson, suffusedly mixed with light ashy-grey, except on the edge. There is a darker purple-grey cloudy line beneath the costal edge and the costal edge is yellow on the basal third, as well as a purplish-fuscous dot in the disc before the middle, a second on the fold slightly before the first, and a third in the disc at two-thirds. There is an irregular indistinct slender yellowish line from the third dot to two-thirds of the inner margin and a moderate triangular yellow spot on the costa somewhat beyond the middle, as well as a cloudy purple-grey line along the hindmargin. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish, the apex of the wing very faintly rosy-tinged.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Enchocrates at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2) 2 (4): 929
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