Enchocrates habroschema

Enchocrates habroschema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Enchocrates
Species: E. habroschema
Binomial name
Enchocrates habroschema
(Turner, 1946)
Synonyms
  • Machimia habroschema Turner, 1946

Enchocrates habroschema is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1946.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are rosy grey with a bright rosy costal line, the extreme costal edge ochreous. There is a triangular rosy-edged spot on three-fifths of the costa, connected by rosy and ochreous suffusion with two-thirds of the dorsum. The stigmata is small and purple fuscous. The first discal is found at one-third, the plical before it and the second discal before two-thirds. There is a suffused grey terminal line. The hindwings are whitish.[3]

References

  1. "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  2. Enchocrates at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 70 (3-4): 109


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