Epichostis metrodelta

Epichostis metrodelta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Epichostis
Species:	E. metrodelta
Binomial name
	Epichostis metrodelta; (Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
	Chaliniastis metrodelta Meyrick, 1905;

Epichostis metrodelta is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly purplish tinged with the costal edge ochreous orange, somewhat suffused into the ground colour. There are straight parallel transverse whitish-ochreous lines at two-fifths and beyond four-fifths, the first followed by a triangular dorsal ochreous-brown patch, reaching three-fourths of the way across the wing, edged with dark fuscous posteriorly, the second rather broadly edged with dark fuscous posteriorly. The second discal stigma is dark fuscous, edged with whitish ochreous and there is a dark fuscous line around the termen and apex, interrupted by ochreous-yellow dots. The hindwings are fuscous, slightly brassy tinged.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Epichostis metrodelta (Meyrick, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16 (4): 591. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Epichostis metrodelta (Meyrick, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[2] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16 (4): 591. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.