Eporycta hiracopis Meyrick, 1921 XYLORYCTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moth of this species has patchy brown forewings, each with vague pale streaks and dark spots. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan of the moths is about 3 cms.

The species occurs in Australia in

South Australia.

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Further reading :

Ian McMillan,
Eporycta,
Xyloryctine Moths of Australia,
Blog, Friday, July 30, 2010.

Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 2 (1921), p. 444.

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(written 2 January 2019, updated 13 September 2020)