Epichostis antigama

Epichostis antigama is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.[1]

Epichostis antigama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Epichostis
Species:
E. antigama
Binomial name
Epichostis antigama
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Hermogenes antigama Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The forewings of the males are ochreous yellowish, more or less irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous except towards the costa, in females rather dark violet fuscous, towards the costa suffused with whitish ochreous, the costal edge ochreous yellow. There is an irregular inwardly oblique wedge-shaped dark fuscous blotch from the dorsum beyond the middle, reaching two-thirds of the way across the wings, in males sometimes reduced to a small dorsal spot, the apex persistent as a blackish first discal stigma. The second discal stigma is also black and there is an irregular narrow subterminal fascia of dark fuscous suffusion, curved inwards on the upper half. There is an interrupted blackish terminal line. The hindwings are ochreous whitish in males and rather dark grey in females.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Epichostis antigama (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (3): 630.


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