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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Choreutidae |
| Genus: | Brenthia |
| Species: | B. entoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Brenthia entoma Diakonoff, 1982
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Description
editThe 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]
References
edit- ^ "Species Details: Brenthia entoma Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Brenthia entoma Diakonoff". Choreutidae. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ^ 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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