Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Xyloryctidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Epichostis | |
Epichostis barathrias is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is 13-17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with the extreme costal edge pale yellowish in males, except towards the extremities. The markings are blackish, with slight ferruginous tinge, obscurely edged with ochreous-whitish. There is a variable transverse or subtriangular blotch from the dorsum before the middle, reaching three-fourths across the wing. The second discal stigma is rather large and there is a rather narrow straight subterminal fascia, the anterior edge curved inwards on the upper half, the posterior edge not pale-margined. There is also a blackish terminal line. The hindwings are dark grey.