Biology:Picrodoxa
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Picrodoxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Picrodoxa Meyrick, 1923 |
| Species: | P. harpodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Picrodoxa harpodes Meyrick, 1923
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Picrodoxa is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Epermeniidae. The only species in the genus, Picrodoxa harpodes, is found in India . Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1][2]
The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings of the males are dark purple fuscous, while they are brownish suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) 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
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Picrodoxa harpodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=121379.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Picrodoxa harpodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=121379.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 617.
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