Enthetica picryntis

Enthetica picryntis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Enthetica
Species: E. picryntis
Binomial name
Enthetica picryntis
Meyrick, 1916

Enthetica picryntis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India.[1]

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.[2]

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