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Eupselia isacta

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Eupselia isacta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Eupselia
Species:
E. isacta
Binomial name
Eupselia isacta
Meyrick, 1910

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

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]

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