Octasphales eubrocha

Octasphales eubrocha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1917. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Octasphales eubrocha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Octasphales
Species:
O. eubrocha
Binomial name
Octasphales eubrocha
Turner, 1917
Synonyms
  • Octasphales technicopa Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The forewings are whitish grey with the veins finely dotted with fuscous and with an outwardly-curved line, suffused posteriorly, from one-fourth the costa to one-fourth the dorsum. The costal edge is narrowly ochreous whitish and there is a fine interrupted dark fuscous line on the apex and termen, rarely reaching as far as the tornus. The hindwings are whitish.[2]

References
  1. Octasphales at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 41: 120


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