Hoplomorpha epicosma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Hoplomorpha
Species:
H. epicosma
Binomial name
Hoplomorpha epicosma
Turner, 1916
Synonyms
  • Machimia epicosma

Hoplomorpha epicosma is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1916.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are whitish, the base of the costa dark fuscous and the costal edge grey, with a short, oblique mark at two-fifths and a large, dark fuscous blotch on the inner margin from one-fourth to three-fourths, attenuated anteriorly, reaching to the fold, its upper edge concave, angulated at each extremity of the concavity. Along its posterior edge is a leaden-fuscous line, surmounted by a leaden-fuscous dot in the disc at two-thirds. There is an outwardly curved, fuscous line from the costa at three-fourths to the anal angle, its anterior edge suffused with greenish grey. Along its posterior edge is a narrow, white line not reaching to the anal angle and the apical area is purple fuscous, sprinkled with leaden-fuscous scales. The hindwings are ochreous whitish with the apical half fuscous.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hoplomorpha epicosma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (6 January 2014). "Hoplomorpha epicosma Turner, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 41 (2): 374.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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