Epichorista elephantina

Species of moth

Epichorista elephantina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Epichorista
Species:
E. elephantina
Binomial name
Epichorista elephantina
(Meyrick, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
  • Proselena elephantina Meyrick, 1885

Epichorista elephantina is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is 23–27 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous with a cloudy central streak, more yellowish ochreous from the base to beyond the middle and containing several small dots of black scales. There is an ill-defined longitudinal blackish line in the disc, as well as some fine scattered black dots towards the hindmargin.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ tortricidae.com
  2. ^ Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, Volume 17, 1884Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, Volume 60, 1930
Taxon identifiers
Epichorista elephantina
  • Wikidata: Q13609310
  • Wikispecies: Epichorista elephantina
  • CoL: 6G2PC
  • EoL: 368704
  • GBIF: 1746529
  • iNaturalist: 389043
  • IRMNG: 10729871
  • LepIndex: 89565
  • NZOR: 074c0965-77dd-4755-a007-4d8f06eecd3b
  • Open Tree of Life: 3056963


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