Sarotorna epipona is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Western Australia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Sarotorna |
| Species: | S. epipona
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| Binomial name | |
| Sarotorna epipona (Meyrick, 1902)
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The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are grey with dark fuscous markings. There is a slender transverse sub-basal fascia and a transverse wedge from the mid-dorsum moderately broad at the base, narrowing to an apex just below one-third of the costa. There is also a moderate fascia from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, suffused at the extremities. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (17 June 2014). "Sarotorna epipona (Meyrick, 1902)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 57: 269.
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