Ephestris

Ephestris
	Mounted specimen on display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Ephestris; Hübner, [1820]
Species:	E. melaxantha
Binomial name
	Ephestris melaxantha; (Hübner, [1809])
Synonyms
	Generic; Lama Walker, 1869 (preocc. Cuvier, 1800); Specific; Hypocrita melaxantha Hübner, [1809]; Hypocrita superba Hübner, [1809];

Ephestris is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. It contains the single species Ephestris melaxantha. Both the genus and species were first described by Jacob Hübner, the genus in 1820 and the species in 1809.^[2]

Etymology[]

The specific name melaxantha derives from the Greek μελανός (melanós) meaning "black" and xanthus, meaning "golden haired" or "yellow", with reference to the striking coloration of the wings, probably a warning to predators.^[3]

Description[]

Ephestris melaxantha has a wingspan of about 70 millimetres (2.8 in).^[4] Despite being a moth, it has diurnal behavior.

Distribution[]

This species is native to Brazil and the tropical regions of South America.^[3]^[5]

References[]

^ A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. (Moths): Vol. 1. Sphinges and Bombyces. - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ephestris". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Efestris (Ephestris melaxantha)". Didactalia.
^ Alekseev, V. N. & Babenko, V. G. Бабочки [Butterflies]. (in Russian)
^ Savela, Markku. "Ephestris Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

External links[]

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[1] A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. (Moths): Vol. 1. Sphinges and Bombyces. - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[fb-2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ephestris". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

[fa-3] "Efestris (Ephestris melaxantha)". Didactalia.

[fc-4] Alekseev, V. N. & Babenko, V. G. Бабочки [Butterflies]. (in Russian)

[5] Savela, Markku. "Ephestris Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

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