Enthetica picryntis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India.[1]
| Enthetica picryntis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Enthetica |
| Species: | E. picryntis
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| Binomial name | |
| Enthetica picryntis Meyrick, 1916
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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 (sprinkles), 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]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 6, 2013). "Enthetica picryntis Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 574.
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