Encrasima xanthoclista

Encrasima xanthoclista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Encrasima
Species: E. xanthoclista
Binomial name
Encrasima xanthoclista
Meyrick, 1923

Encrasima xanthoclista is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are grey-brownish, the costa slenderly ochreous-yellow from the base to near the apex. The stigmata are moderate and black, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is a pre-marginal series of cloudy blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen, on the termen obscured in a streak of grey suffusion. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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