Hoplomorpha epicosma

Hoplomorpha epicosma is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Turner in 1916.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

Hoplomorpha epicosma
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H. epicosma
Binomial name
Hoplomorpha epicosma
Turner, 1916
Synonyms
  • Machimia epicosma

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are whitish, the base of the costa dark fuscous and the costal edge grey, with a short, oblique mark at two-fifth and a large, dark fuscous blotch on the inner margin from one-fourth to three-fourth, attenuated anteriorly, reaching to the fold, its upper edge concave, angulated at each extremity of the concavity. Along its posterior edge is a leaden-fuscous line, surmounted by a leaden-fuscous dot in the disc at two-third. There is an outwardly curved, fuscous line from the costa at three-fourth to the anal angle, its anterior edge suffused with greenish-grey. Along its posterior edge is a narrow, white line not reaching to the anal angle and the apical area is purple fuscous, irrorated with leaden-fuscous scales. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish with the apical half fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hoplomorpha epicosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
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  3. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 41 (2) : 374


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