Epichostis melanocona

Description

Epichostis melanocona is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka. The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are light violet-fuscous, the costa suffused with pale ochreous except towards the apex. There is a variable transverse or subtriangular blackish blotch on the dorsum before the middle, edged with whitish-yellow, reaching nearly three-fourths across the wing. The second discal stigma is black and moderate, edged with whitish-ochreous. There is a transverse streak of blackish suffusion from five-sixths of the costa to before the tornus, becoming obsolete dorsally, curved inwards on the upper half. There is an interrupted blackish terminal line. The hindwings are pale grey. It is of the Arthropoda Phylum of the Insecta Class in Lepidopetera Order of Epichostis Genus.