Eupselia isacta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in southern India.[1]

Eupselia isacta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Eupselia
Species:
E. isacta
Binomial name
Eupselia isacta
Meyrick, 1910

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are ochreous yellow with the base of the costa ferruginous, the edge sometimes dark fuscous. There is a dark brown transverse median fascia, the anterior edge suffused into the ground colour, the posterior sharply limited by a white line. There is more or less brownish suffusion towards the termen. The hindwings are fuscous or dark fuscous.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Eupselia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 154   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.