Epicoma barytima Turner, 1917
THAUMETOPOEINAE,   NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Epicoma barytima
(Photo: courtesy of Bevan Buirchell, Fortescue, Western Australia)

The adult moth has forewings that are shining white, each with a brown spot near the middle of the wing, and a broken sinuous brown medial line. The hindwings are pale brown, each also with two brown medial arcs and a brown spot near the middle. The head and thorax are covered in white hair.

Epicoma barytima
female
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Perth, Western Australia)

The wingspan of the female is about 4.5 cms. The wingspan of the male is about 4 cms.

Epicoma barytima
male
(Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Perth, Western Australia)

This species occurs in :

  • Western Australia.

    Epicoma barytima
    female underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Perth, Western Australia)

    Epicoma barytima
    male underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Paul Kay, Perth, Western Australia)


    Further reading :

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Lepidopterological gleanings,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 29 (1917), pp. 74-75, No. 43.


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    (written 29 June 2019, updated 26 June 2022)