Epichostis melanocona

Epichostis melanocona is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

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

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 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][3][4] It is of the Arthropoda Phylum of the Insecta Class in Lepidopetera Order of Epichostis Genus.

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18 (3): 629
  3. "Epichostis". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  4. "Epichostis leucorma". insecta.pro. Retrieved 2016-12-09.


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