Eupselia metabola

Eupselia metabola is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Eupselia metabola
Eupselia metabola Turner, 1947, to actinic light, Terrick Terrick National Park, VIC, Australia, 21/22 January 2017
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Eupselia
Species:
E. metabola
Binomial name
Eupselia metabola
Turner, 1947

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The forewings are fuscous, with the basal area white with fuscous transverse strigulae. There is a white spot with a transverse fuscous strigula on the costa beyond the middle. Sometimes, the white basal area is extended to become confluent with the costal spot. A white dot is found on the costa before the apex and there are several leaden-grey transverse lines in the median area. The subterminal area is more or less sprinkled with very slender whitish scales and the terminal edge is brilliant metallic rosy purple. There is a blackish spot encircled by metallic lustre on the termen above the tornus. The hindwings are fuscous with a basal ochreous patch of variable size.[2]

References
  1. Eupselia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 72 (3-4): 149


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