Episparis
Episparis | |
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Episparis taiwana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Pangraptinae |
Genus: | Episparis Walker, [1857] |
Synonyms | |
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Episparis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1857.
Description[]
Palpi upturned and hairy. Third joint minute. A short frontal tuft present. Antennae bipectinated to two-thirds length in male. Thorax and abdomen clothed with coarse hair. Tibia hairy. Forewings with straight costa. Outer margin excised from vein 5 to outer angle. Hindwings with produced outer margin to a point at vein 3 and excised below the point.[1]
Species[]
- Pelletier, 1982
- Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Pelletier, 1982
- Holland, 1894
- (Walker, 1864)
- Pelletier, 1982
- Walker, 1862
- Bryk, 1915
- Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
- Hampson, 1926
- Pelletier, 1982
- Pelletier, 1982
- Holland, 1894
- Hampson, 1926
- Episparis hyalinata (Holland, 1920)
- Swinhoe, 1902
- Holland, 1894
- Hampson, 1902
- Episparis liturata (Fabricius, 1787)
- Holland, 1894
- Viette, 1966
- Pelletier, 1982
- Hampson, 1926
- Sugi, 1982
- Episparis penetrata Walker, [1857]
- (Holland 1894)
- Viette, 1956
- (Fabricius, 1787)
- Pelletier, 1982
- Episparis taiwana Wileman & West, 1929
- Episparis tortuosalis Moore, 1867
- Episparis varialis (Walker, 1858)
- (Saalmuller, 1891)
- Hampson, 1926
References[]
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku. "Episparis Walker, [1857]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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Categories:
- Pangraptinae
- Moth genera
- Erebidae stubs