Epichostis melanocona
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| Epichostis melanocona (Meyrick, 1908)
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Epichostis melanocona is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are light violet-fuscous, the costa suffused with pale ochreous except towards the apex. There is a variable transverse or subtriangular blackish blotch on the dorsum before the middle, edged with whitish-yellow, reaching nearly three-fourths across the wing. The second discal stigma is black and moderate, edged with whitish-ochreous. There is a transverse streak of blackish suffusion from five-sixths of the costa to before the tornus, becoming obsolete dorsally, curved inwards on the upper half. There is an interrupted blackish terminal line. The hindwings are pale grey.[2][3][4] It is of the Arthropoda Phylum of the Insecta Class in Lepidopetera Order of Epichostis Genus.
References
- ^ funet.fi
- ^ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18 (3): 629
- ^ "Epichostis". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ "Epichostis leucorma". insecta.pro. Retrieved 2016-12-09.