Hoplomorpha epicosma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Hoplomorpha |
| Species: | H. epicosma
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| Hoplomorpha epicosma Turner, 1916
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Hoplomorpha epicosma is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1916.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are whitish, the base of the costa dark fuscous and the costal edge grey, with a short, oblique mark at two-fifths and a large, dark fuscous blotch on the inner margin from one-fourth to three-fourths, attenuated anteriorly, reaching to the fold, its upper edge concave, angulated at each extremity of the concavity. Along its posterior edge is a leaden-fuscous line, surmounted by a leaden-fuscous dot in the disc at two-thirds. There is an outwardly curved, fuscous line from the costa at three-fourths to the anal angle, its anterior edge suffused with greenish grey. Along its posterior edge is a narrow, white line not reaching to the anal angle and the apical area is purple fuscous, sprinkled with leaden-fuscous scales. The hindwings are ochreous whitish with the apical half fuscous.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hoplomorpha epicosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (6 January 2014). "Hoplomorpha epicosma Turner, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 41 (2): 374.
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