Epicallima icterinella

Epicallima icterinella
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Epicallima
Species:
E. icterinella
Binomial name
Epicallima icterinella
(Mann, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Oecophora icterinella Mann, 1867
  • Fabiola icterinella

Epicallima icterinella is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, as well as on Crete and Cyprus.[1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Asia Minor and Syria.[2]

The ground colour of the forewings is golden yellow with a violet wing margin and orange-yellow scales. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Epicallima icterinella.
Wikispecies has information related to Epicallima icterinella.
  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Epicallima at funet
  3. ^ lepiforum.dePublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.