Enchocrates vesperascens is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[1]
| Enchocrates vesperascens | |
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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. vesperascens
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| Binomial name | |
| Enchocrates vesperascens Meyrick, 1921
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The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are grey, speckled whitish, with irregular dark grey irroration. There are undefined markings of dark grey suffusion: an oblique blotch from the base of the costa confluent beneath with a transverse blotch from the costa at one-fourth, transverse blotches from the costa at the middle and two-thirds, and indications of a subterminal shade. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Enchocrates at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (13): 390
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