Epichostis leucorma

Epichostis leucorma is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

Epichostis leucorma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Epichostis
Species:
E. leucorma
Binomial name
Epichostis leucorma
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Hermogenes leucorma Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are rather dark ochreous brown with the stigmata dark fuscous, the first sometimes connected with the dorsum by an undefined oblique triangular patch of dark fuscous suffusion. There are a few whitish scales towards the costa and the dorsum about the middle. There is also a subterminal series of seven cloudy white marks, the central and dorsal rather elongated inwards, and a terminal series of six similar marks. The hindwings are grey or dark grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Epichostis leucorma (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (3): 627.


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