Epiphractis crocoplecta
| Epiphractis crocoplecta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
| Genus: | Epiphractis |
| Species: | E. crocoplecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Epiphractis crocoplecta Meyrick, 1913 | |
Epiphractis crocoplecta is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. This species was described from a specimen from Three Sisters in South Africa.[1]
The wingspan of the females is about 15 mm. The head is pale yellowish, suffused with brown-reddish on the sides. The forewings are elongate, the costa moderately arched, dull crimson-purplish with the costal edge grey. There is a patch of ochreous suffusion along the basal two-fifths of the dorsum and an inwardly oblique yellow streak from the dorsum behind the middle reaching more than half across the wing, edged anteriorly with deep ferruginous. A short inwardly oblique slender yellow streak is found from the tornus, and there is a furruginous-brown transverse dot above the apex of this representing the second discal stigma. The hindwings are grey, paler towards the base.[2]
References
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) [09.Dec.2015]
- ↑ Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267–336. (on page 321)