Orange-headed Epicallima Moth (Callima argenticinctella)

Epicallima argenticinctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Epicallima
Species:	E. argenticinctella
Binomial name
	Epicallima argenticinctella; (Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
	Callima argenticinctella Clemens, 1860;

Epicallima argenticinctella, the orange-headed epicallima moth, is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to South Carolina, west to Kansas and Texas.^[1] The habitat consists of deciduous forests.^[2]

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The forewings are yellowish-orange with a silvery black-margined line along the basal margin from the fold to the basal angle. There is a similar line from the basal third of the inner margin to the costa. The basal area between these lines is deep reddish orange. The hindwings are fuscous.^[3] Adults are on wing from April to October.^[4]