Picrodoxa

Picrodoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Picrodoxa; Meyrick, 1923
Species:	P. harpodes
Binomial name
	Picrodoxa harpodes; Meyrick, 1923

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.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Picrodoxa harpodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Picrodoxa harpodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 617.

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Picrodoxa harpodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Picrodoxa harpodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.

[3] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 617.

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