Eupselia tristephana
| Eupselia tristephana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Eupselia |
| Species: | E. tristephana |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupselia tristephana Meyrick, 1915 | |
Eupselia tristephana is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous with an erect triangular light ochreous-yellow blotch from the dorsum before the middle, its apex rather bent over posteriorly. There are three bright coppery-blue-purple transverse lines reaching from the dorsum three-fourths across the wing, the first immediately beyond the yellow blotch, the second connected with a light yellow spot on the costa beyond the middle, the third limiting an oval bronzy patch strewn with minute longitudinal blackish and rosy-whitish strigulae extending along the termen nearly to the costa. There is a narrow black streak along the lower half of the termen containing three small round black spots set in whitish-ochreous rings becoming golden-metallic on the terminal edge. Two short oblique blue-purple marks are found before the apex. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ Eupselia at funet.fi.
- ↑ Exot. Microlep. 1 (10): 306