''Picrodoxa'' is a

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genus of

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s in the family Epermeniidae. The only species in the genus, ''Picrodoxa harpodes'', is found in

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. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. The

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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.Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923)
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 2: 617.

References

Epermeniidae Moths described in 1923 Monotypic moth genera Moths of Asia {{Epermenioidea-stub