Heteropsyche poecilochroma

Heteropsyche poecilochroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epipyropidae
Genus: Heteropsyche
Species: H. poecilochroma
Binomial name
Heteropsyche poecilochroma
Perkins, 1905
Synonyms
  • Heteropsyche dyscrita Perkins, 1905
  • Heteropsyche melanochroma Perkins, 1905
  • Epipyrops doddi Rothschild, 1906

Heteropsyche poecilochroma is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It is found in Australia.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are greyish fuscous strigulated with dark and brownish fuscous. The hindwings are dark fuscous and somewhat brownish tinged.[2]

The larvae feed on leaf hoppers of the Fulgoroidea superfamily.

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