Biology:Epipsestis cortigera

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Short description: Species of false owlet moth

Epipsestis cortigera
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Epipsestis
Species:
E. cortigera
Binomial name
Epipsestis cortigera
Yoshimoto, 1995[1]

Epipsestis cortigera is a moth of the family Drepanidae first described by Yoshimoto in 1995. It is found in Taiwan.

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The ground color of the forewings is ocherous, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous in the antemedian and subcostal areas, and tinged with some olive in the basal area. The hindwings are pale grayish fuscous, a little paler in the basal and inner area.[2]

References

  1. "TaibNet - Catalogue of Life in Taiwan". Taibnet.sinica.edu.tw. http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/chi/taibnet_species_detail.php?name_code=347713. Retrieved 2011-12-19. 
  2. Yoshimoto, H., 1995: Description of a new species of the genus Epipsestis Matsumura (Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae) from Taiwan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 46(4): 241-243. Full article: [1].

Wikidata ☰ Q5383205 entry