Biology:Episcepsis lenaeus
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Short description: Species of moth
| Episcepsis lenaeus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Episcepsis |
| Species: | E. lenaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Episcepsis lenaeus (Cramer, 1780)
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Episcepsis lenaeus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found from Mexico to the Guianas.[1]
Description
Head and thorax fuscous brown; back of head and shoulders with paired crimson spots; fore coxae crimson; abdomen metallic blue, the dorsal patch of hair brown; the ventral surface fuscous, with white patches on the first three segments. Forewing fuscous brown, with apical white patch. Hindwing fuscous with a slight bluish tinge; some hyaline in, below, and beyond cell; the tuft on inner area white. (Female) Abdomen without white patches below. Wingspan 36 mm.[2]
References
External links
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Epidesma lenaeus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=31756. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- Episcepsis lenaeus at BHL
- Savela, Markku. "Episcepsis lenaeus (Cramer, [1779)"]. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/ctenuchinae/episcepsis/#lenaeus. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q13529172 entry
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