Picrodoxa
| Picrodoxa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Picrodoxa Meyrick, 1923 |
| Species: | P. harpodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Picrodoxa harpodes Meyrick, 1923 | |
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.[1] It is found in India.[2]
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.[3]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ↑ LepIndex
- ↑ Exotic Microlep. 2: 617
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