Eupselia isacta
Appearance
Eupselia isacta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Eupselia |
Species: | E. isacta
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Binomial name | |
Eupselia isacta Meyrick, 1910
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Eupselia isacta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in southern India.[1]
The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are ochreous yellow with the base of the costa ferruginous, the edge sometimes dark fuscous. There is a dark brown transverse median fascia, the anterior edge suffused into the ground colour, the posterior sharply limited by a white line. There is more or less brownish suffusion towards the termen. The hindwings are fuscous or dark fuscous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Eupselia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 154 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.