Episcepsis gnomoides
Episcepsis gnomoides is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1910. It is found in Costa Rica.[1]
| Episcepsis gnomoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Episcepsis |
| Species: | E. gnomoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Episcepsis gnomoides Schaus, 1910 | |
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Description
Head and thorax greyish brown; palpi white in front; the upper part of frons with pair of white points, the back of head with pair of crimson spots; fore coxae white; abdomen black with lateral metallic blue patches and the terminal half with blue bands, the ventral surface with the three basal segments white. Forewing grey brown, the veins blackish. Hindwing blackish with some semihyaline (almost glass like) in, below, and just beyond the cell.
Its wingspan is 34 mm.[2]
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References
- Savela, Markku. "Episcepsis gnomoides Schaus, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum (1914)
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