Eporycta Meyrick, 1908
Eporycta Meyrick, 1908. Descriptions of African Micro-lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 716–756 [728]. Type species: Eporycta tarbalea Meyrick, 1908 by monotypy.
Eporycta Meyrick, 1908 [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [83].
Eporycta Meyrick, 1908. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 16 June 2010].
Eporycta Meyrick, 1908. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 16 June 2010].
Original description, Meyrick 1908
Eporycta, n.g.
Head with appressed scales, side-tufts somewhat spreading; ocelli and tongue apparently absent. Antennae 2/3, in ♂ shortly unipectinated (1) and ciliated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint thickened. with appressed scales, terminal as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with hairs above. Fore wings with 2 from 2/3, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hind wings over 1, trapezoidal-ovate, cilia 2/5; 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 short stalked.
Clearly related to the Australian genus Xylorycta.
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Distribution: South Australia, Victoria. Afrotropical Region. (Edwards, 2003).
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Eporycta hiracopis Meyrick, 1921.
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Eporycta hiracopis Meyrick, 1921. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (13–15): 385-416, 417-448, 449-480 [444]. Holotype BMNH ♂, South Australia.
Eporycta hiracopis Meyrick, 1921. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [87].
Eporycta hiracopis Meyrick, 1921. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 17 April 2010].
Eporycta hiracopis Meyrick, 1921. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 16 June 2010].
Original description, Meyrick, 1921
Eporycta hiracopis, n. sp.
♂. 32 mm. Head, palpi, abdomen grey-whitish. Antennal pectinations 1. Thorax whitish-grey. Forewings narrow at base, dilated, costa gently arched, termen rather obliquely rounded; whitish irregularly tinged pale grey, some scattered grey scales; a small mark of dark grey irroration towards costa near base; stigmata dark grey, plical obliquely before first discal, an additional dot beneath second discal: cilia grey-whitish, base mixed grey. Hindwings pale grey, whitish-tinged towards base; cilia white, faint greyish basal and median lines.
South Australia (Olliff); 1 ex., Wals. Coll. (3601).
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Distribution: South Australia, Victoria. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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