Epichostis melanocona
| Epichostis melanocona | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Epichostis |
| Species: | E. melanocona |
| Binomial name | |
| Epichostis melanocona (Meyrick, 1908) | |
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Epichostis melanocona is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
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]
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