Epichostis elephantias
| Epichostis elephantias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Epichostis |
| Species: | E. elephantias |
| Binomial name | |
| Epichostis elephantias Meyrick, 1906 | |
Epichostis elephantias is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is 15-16 mm. The forewings are pale silvery-fuscous with a moderately broad whitish-ochreous costal streak from the base to near the apex, pointed posteriorly, suffused with ochreous-yellow towards the costa. There are two dark fuscous irregular rounded-oblong dorsal blotches edged with whitish-ochreous, reaching the costal streak (the outline of these blotches somewhat suggestive of that of an elephant), the first extending on the dorsum from near the base to two-fifths, the second from the middle to near the tornus. There is a dark fuscous terminal line interrupted by whitish-ochreous dots on the veins. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]