Biology:Epipristis minimaria
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Epipristis |
| Species: | E. minimaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Epipristis minimaria (Guenée, [1858])[1]
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Epipristis minimaria is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It lives in India , Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Hainan and Yunnan provinces in China
Description
The length of the forewings is 11–20 mm for males and about 26 mm for females. Antennae of the male are most simple. Wings have crenulate (scalloped) margins. Hind tibiae of the male are dilated. The wings are greyish white, diffused with red-brown, grey-brown and black-brown scales. The forewings' antemedial lines are more regularly waved. The outer area is pinkish beyond and before the submarginal line.[2] The outer margins of both wings are wavy.[3]
References
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- ↑ Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up.
- ↑ Han, H.; Expósito H., A.; Xue, D. 2009: A taxonomic study of Epipristis Meyrick, 1888 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae). Zootaxa, 2263: 31-41. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Wikidata ☰ Q5383191 entry
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