Epimactis pulsatella

Epimactis pulsatella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1961. It is found on Guadalcanal.[1]

Epimactis pulsatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Epimactis
Species:
E. pulsatella
Binomial name
Epimactis pulsatella
Bradley, 1961

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are white, with the anterior edge of the costa cream buff and with a small, fuscous discal stigma a little above the middle at one-third, and a similar stigma obliquely below in the plical fold, and a third at the end of the cell at about the middle. A subterminal line of small, fuscous, interneural dots is found around the apex and along the termen. The hindwings are white.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Epimactis Meyrick, 1907". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  2. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 10 (4): 149


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