Epicephala orientale (Stainton, 1856)
| SUBFAMILY | Ornixolinae |
| GENUS | Epicephala |
| SPECIES | orientale |
| AUTHOR | (Stainton, 1856) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Coriscium orientale, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [India, West Bengal], Calcutta, 1858, leg. Atkinson. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, 7 Paratypes ♂, ♀, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Might belong to Conopobathra (Kumata in litt.). |
| PUBLICATION | Stainton, H. T. 1856a. Descriptions of three species of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, N. S. (series 2) 3(8):301-304. |
| PAGINATION | 301-302 |
Species pictures
Species Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| austeropa | (Meyrick, 1914) | Synonym of species |
| orientalis | (Meyrick, 1908) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| India | West Bengal | Stainton, H. T. 1856a. Descriptions of three species of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, N. S. (series 2) 3(8):301-304. | 301 |
| India | Karnataka | Meyrick, E. 1914c. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. XVIII. - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23(1):118-130. | 122 (as austeropa) |
| India | Meghalaya | Meyrick, E. 1908a. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. VIII. - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18(4):806-832. | 825 |
| Malaysia | Fletcher, T. B. 1933. Life histories of Indian Microlepidoptera (Second Series). Cosmopterygidae to Neopseustidae. - — 4:1-85. | 45 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Bauhinia purpurea | India | Fletcher, T. B. [1921]. Life-histories of Indian Insects. Microlepidoptera. VI. Gracillariadae [sic]. - Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Entomological Series 6 (1920)(1-6):1-217, I-L pls. | 149 |
| Fabaceae | Bauhinia purpurea | Malaysia | Fletcher, T. B. 1933. Life histories of Indian Microlepidoptera (Second Series). Cosmopterygidae to Neopseustidae. - — 4:1-85. | 45 |
| Fabaceae | Bauhinia sp. | India | Stainton, H. T. 1856a. Descriptions of three species of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, N. S. (series 2) 3(8):301-304. | 302 |
| Fabaceae | Bauhinia variegata | India | Fletcher, T. B. [1921]. Life-histories of Indian Insects. Microlepidoptera. VI. Gracillariadae [sic]. - Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Entomological Series 6 (1920)(1-6):1-217, I-L pls. | 149 |
* A flower-borer.
