Epichostis metrodelta
Epichostis metrodelta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Xyloryctidae |
Genus: | Epichostis |
Species: | E. metrodelta |
Binomial name | |
Epichostis metrodelta (Meyrick, 1905) | |
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Epichostis metrodelta is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged with the costal edge ochreous orange, somewhat suffused into the ground colour. There are straight parallel transverse whitish-ochreous lines at two-fifths and beyond four-fifths, the first followed by a triangular dorsal ochreous-brown patch, reaching three-fourths across the wing, edged with dark fuscous posteriorly, the second rather broadly edged with dark fuscous posteriorly. The second discal stigma is dark fuscous, edged with whitish-ochreous and there is a dark fuscous line around the termen and apex, interrupted by ochreous-yellow dots. The hindwings are fuscous, slightly brassy-tinged.[2]