Sarotorna epipona (Meyrick, 1902)
 (formerly known as Trachyntis epipona)
PEXICOPSIINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Sarotorna epipona
hosting two parasitic orange mites
(Photo: courtesy of Jack Crosbie, Springwood, New South Wales)

These adult moths have pale fawn forewings each with a dark brown margin and crossed by three dark bron bands.

Sarotorna epipona
(Photo: courtesy of Jack Crosbie, Springwood, New South Wales)

The hindwings are off-white. The palps and head are liberally covered in off-white scales. The abdomen is grey. The wingspan is about 1.7 cms.

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

The species has been found in Australia in

  • New South Wales
  • Tasmania, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera (Oecophoridae),
    Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated),
    Volume 26 (1902), p. 154.

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    (written 3 September 2024)