Epichostis cryphaea

Epichostis cryphaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Epichostis
Species:
E. cryphaea
Binomial name
Epichostis cryphaea
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Hermogenes cryphaea Meyrick, 1908

Epichostis cryphaea is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous and with the extreme costal edge yellowish posteriorly. The discal stigmata are cloudy and dark fuscous, the first connected with the dorsum beyond the middle by an oblique fascia-like patch of dark fuscous suffusion. There are faint traces of a curved darker subterminal streak. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Epichostis cryphaea (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (3): 630. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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