Eupselia satrapella
| Eupselia satrapella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Eupselia |
| Species: | E. satrapella |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupselia satrapella Meyrick, 1880 | |
Eupselia satrapella is a species of moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.[1]
The wingspan is 16.5-19 mm. The forewings are deep yellow , with the apical portion beyond an inwardly curved line from three-fifths of the costa to three-fourths of the inner-margin purple (light reddish-purple scales being thickly strewn on a black ground, towards the anal angle in longitudinal lines). There is a suffused dark fuscous streak along the costa from the base to the middle and a dark fuscous streak along the lower half of the division-line of the yellow and purple portions, immediately beyond which are two small deep blue spots, one in the middle, the other above the inner-margin. There is a broader dark fuscous streak from the costa at the junction of yellow and purple portions to the anal angle, slightly curved inwards, bordered posteriorly on its lower half with purple-blue. A very oblique, short, dark fuscous streak runs from the costal extremity of this streak towards the hind-margin a little below the apex, above which is a deep purple-blue spot, and the extreme the costa is yellow. There are four round black spots on the lower part of the hind-margin, surrounded by ochreous scales, and alternating with three smaller longitudinally elongate black spots. There is also a metallic purple line along the base of the cilia, the rest of the cilia dark fuscous. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
The larvae feed on the foliage of Eucalyptus species, living in a sinuous tubular gallery between the leaves. They are off-white with vague dark lines along the body.[3]
References
- ↑ environment.gov.au (9 October 2008). "Eupselia satrapella". environment.gov.au. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ↑ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 5 (2) : 220
- ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia