Eucryptogona trichobathra

(Eucryptogona trichobathra)

Description

Eucryptogona trichobathra is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Lower in 1901. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are greyish-fuscous, strongly mixed with ferruginous, reddish and black scales. The markings are blackish and obscure and there is a suffused streak beneath the costa, from the base to the middle, as well as a streak on the fold from the base to the cell and a spot at the end of the cell, a mark in the middle of the cell, a suffused spot on the inner margin near the base and an interrupted streak along the termen, edged posteriorly by fuscous-reddish. The hindwings are fuscous.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Eriocottidae
Genus:Eucryptogona
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