''Sarotorna epipona'' is a
moth
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of the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by
Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in
Australia
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, where it has been recorded from
New South Wales
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and
Western Australia
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.
The
wingspan
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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.
''Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales''. 57: 269.
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References
Moths described in 1902
Sarotorna
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