Epermenia ellochistis

Epermenia ellochistis is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in Assam, India.

Epermenia ellochistis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Epermenia
Species:	E. ellochistis
Binomial name
Epermenia ellochistis Meyrick, 1917

Description

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale brownish, sprinkled with dark grey and with an oblique brown spot irrorated (sprinkled) with blackish from the dorsum before the middle, as well as an elongate blotch of blackish irroration extending along the costa from before the middle to two-thirds. There is some ochreous-brown longitudinal suffusion between the posterior portion of this and the dorsum. A second discal stigma is rather large, black and pale-circled and there is some brown suffusion towards the middle of the termen, as well as a patch of blackish irroration towards the apex, and a blackish dot at the apex. A strong triangular projection of blackish-tipped scales is found at one-third of the dorsum and three smaller projections between this and the tornus, as well as some scales at the tornus. The hindwings are grey, but paler anteriorly.[2]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia ellochistis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
2. Meyrick, Edward (December 1917). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2. p. 67 – via Internet Archive.