Enchocrates phaedryntis

Enchocrates phaedryntis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Enchocrates
Species:	E. phaedryntis
Binomial name
Enchocrates phaedryntis Meyrick, 1888

Enchocrates phaedryntis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia. ^[1]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are bright crimson, suffusedly mixed with light ashy-grey, except on the edge. There is a darker purple-grey cloudy line beneath the costal edge and the costal edge is yellow on the basal third, as well as a purplish-fuscous dot in the disc before the middle, a second on the fold slightly before the first, and a third in the disc at two-thirds. There is an irregular indistinct slender yellowish line from the third dot to two-thirds of the inner margin and a moderate triangular yellow spot on the costa somewhat beyond the middle, as well as a cloudy purple-grey line along the hindmargin. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish, the apex of the wing very faintly rosy-tinged. ^[2]

References

1. Enchocrates at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2) 2 (4): 929 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .