Eochrois cuphosema
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Eochrois |
Species: | E. cuphosema
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Binomial name | |
Eochrois cuphosema (Turner, 1946)
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Eochrois cuphosema is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1946.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish with slender fuscous markings and an oblique line from two-fifths of the costa half across the wing and an oblique line from two-thirds of the costa, angled inwards beneath the middle to two-thirds of the dorsum. There is also an irregularly dentate subterminal line and an interrupted terminal line. The hindwings are whitish.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eochrois cuphosema". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ Eochrois at funet
- ^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 70 (3-4) : 117 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.