Epichostis melanocona

Epichostis melanocona is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward 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 of the way 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]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Epichostis melanocona (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (3): 629.


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