Epichostis melanocona
Epichostis melanocona is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
| Epichostis melanocona | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Epichostis |
| Species: | E. melanocona |
| Binomial name | |
| Epichostis melanocona (Meyrick, 1908) | |
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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 of the way 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]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Epichostis melanocona (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (3): 629.
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