Epichostis melanocona

Epichostis melanocona is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are light violet fuscous, the costa suffused with pale ochreous except towards the apex. There is a variable transverse or subtriangular blackish blotch on the dorsum before the middle, edged with whitish yellow, reaching nearly three-fourths of the way across the wing. The second discal stigma is black and moderate, edged with whitish-ochreous. There is a transverse streak of blackish suffusion from five-sixths of the costa to before the tornus, becoming obsolete dorsally, curved inwards on the upper half. There is an interrupted blackish terminal line. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]