Epichostis elephantias

Epichostis elephantias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Epichostis
Species:	E. elephantias
Binomial name
	Epichostis elephantias; Meyrick, 1906

Epichostis elephantias is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm (0.59–0.63 in). The forewings are pale silvery-fuscous with a moderately broad whitish-ochreous costal streak from the base to near the apex, pointed posteriorly, suffused with ochreous-yellow towards the costa. There are two dark fuscous irregular rounded-oblong dorsal blotches edged with whitish-ochreous, reaching the costal streak (the outline of these blotches somewhat suggestive of that of an elephant), the first extending on the dorsum from near the base to two-fifths, the second from the middle to near the tornus. There is a dark fuscous terminal line interrupted by whitish-ochreous dots on the veins. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References

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Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part II". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (2): 405. Retrieved 15 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.

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[2] Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part II". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (2): 405. Retrieved 15 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.