Enchocrates phaedryntis

Enchocrates phaedryntis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Enchocrates
Species: E. phaedryntis
Binomial name
Enchocrates phaedryntis
Meyrick, 1888

Enchocrates phaedryntis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by 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]

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