Biology:Epicoma

Short description: Genus of moths

Epicoma
Epicoma contristis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Subfamily:	Thaumetopoeinae
Genus:	Epicoma Hübner, 1819

Epicoma is a genus of prominent moths in the family Notodontidae. There are more than 20 described species in Epicoma, found mainly in Australia.

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Epicoma:

• Epicoma anisozyga Turner
• Epicoma argentata Walker, 1865
• Epicoma argentosa T.P.Lucas, 1890
• Epicoma asbolina Turner, 1902
• Epicoma barnardi
• Epicoma barytima Turner, 1917
• Epicoma chrysosema Turner
• Epicoma contristis
• Epicoma derbyana Strand, 1929
• Epicoma dispar Turner
• Epicoma isabella White, 1841
• Epicoma melanospila Walker
• Epicoma melanosticta Don.
• Epicoma nigrolineata Joicey & Talbot
• Epicoma ochrogutta Herrich-Schäffer
• Epicoma phoenura Turner
• Epicoma pontifascialis Rosenstock, 1885
• Epicoma pontificalis
• Epicoma protrahens T.P.Lucas, 1890
• Epicoma rubricorpus Swinhoe
• Epicoma signata Walker
• Epicoma subargentea
• Epicoma tristis Lewin
• Epicoma walkeri Strand, 1929
• Epicoma zelotes Turner

Further reading

• Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414. 
• Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. PMID 26692790. 
• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819. 

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