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