Hoplomorpha epicosma

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

Last updated September 02, 2023

Hoplomorpha epicosma is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by 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]

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References

↑ 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.
↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (6 January 2014). "Hoplomorpha epicosma Turner, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 41 (2): 374. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[nhm-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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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