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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Hoplomorpha
Species:	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