Brenthia entoma

Brenthia entoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Brenthia
Species: B. entoma
Binomial name
Brenthia entoma
Diakonoff, 1982

Brenthia entoma is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae.[1] It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1982. It is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Description

The wingspan of the adult male is 8 mm. The head and thorax are glossy fuscous. Palpus moderately long and gray fuscous. Antenna black. Abdomen fuscous bronze with a black anal tuft. Forewings dark fuscous bronze. Costa with a fuscous-black suffusion. A white patch found at one-third of the costa and a small wedge-shaped white mark found at four-fifth of the costa. A wedge-shaped mark is continued across the wings towards the dorsum by a slender white line. One metallic-violet dot and two violet dots are found on the forewings. Cilia fuscous. Hindwing dark fuscous bronze. Cilia dark fuscous.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Brenthia entoma Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Brenthia entoma Diakonoff". Choreutidae. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.


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