Eupselia tristephana

Eupselia tristephana is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.^[1]

The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous with an erect triangular light ochreous-yellow blotch from the dorsum before the middle, its apex rather bent over posteriorly. There are three bright coppery-blue-purple transverse lines reaching from the dorsum three-fourths across the wing, the first immediately beyond the yellow blotch, the second connected with a light yellow spot on the costa beyond the middle, the third limiting an oval bronzy patch strewn with minute longitudinal blackish and rosy-whitish strigulae extending along the termen nearly to the costa. There is a narrow black streak along the lower half of the termen containing three small round black spots set in whitish-ochreous rings becoming golden-metallic on the terminal edge. Two short oblique blue-purple marks are found before the apex. The hindwings are dark fuscous.^[2]

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