''Epicrocis arcana'' is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralid ...

in the genus ''

Epicrocis ''Epicrocis'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848. Species * ''Epicrocis abbreviata'' (Balinsky, 1994) * '' Epicrocis africanella'' (Ragonot, 1888) * ''Epicrocis albigeralis'' (Walker, 1865) * ''Epicro ...

''. It was described by

Boris Balinsky Borys Ivanovych Balinsky (23 September 1905 – 1 September 1997) was a Ukrainian and South African biologist, embryologist, entomologist, professor of Kyiv University and University of the Witwatersrand. Pioneer researcher in the field of ex ...

in 1994 and is found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

References

Moths described in 1994 Phycitini Endemic moths of South Africa {{Epicrocis-stub