Sarotorna epipona

Sarotorna epipona is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Western Australia.[1]

Sarotorna epipona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Sarotorna
Species:
S. epipona
Binomial name
Sarotorna epipona
(Meyrick, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Trachyntis epipona Meyrick, 1902
  • Macrobathra centrosphena Turner, 1932

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are grey with dark fuscous markings. There is a slender transverse sub-basal fascia and a transverse wedge from the mid-dorsum moderately broad at the base, narrowing to an apex just below one-third of the costa. There is also a moderate fascia from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, suffused at the extremities. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (17 June 2014). "Sarotorna epipona (Meyrick, 1902)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 57: 269.


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