Epicrocis pulchra Horak, 1997
 PHYCITINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moths of this species have forewings that are brown, with variable light and dark markings. The hindwings are white with brown margins. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.


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

The species has been found in

  • New Guinea,

    as well as in Australia in :

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Marianne Horak,
    The phycitine genera Faveria Walker, Morosaphycita, gen. nov., Epicrocis Zeller, Ptyobathra Turner and Vinicia Ragonot in Australia (Pyralidae: Phycitinae),
    Invertebrate Taxonomy,
    Volume 11, Number 3 (1997), pp. 333-421.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 188.

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    (updated 3 July 2012, 3 January 2021)