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Picrodoxa

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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

  1. ^ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  2. ^ LepIndex
  3. ^ Exotic Microlep. 2: 617


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