Enchocrates habroschema

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]

Enchocrates habroschema
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E. habroschema
Binomial name
Enchocrates habroschema
(Turner, 1946)
Synonyms
  • Machimia habroschema Turner, 1946

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. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Enchocrates habroschema". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  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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