Episcepsis lamia
Episcepsis lamia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in the Amazon region, Guatemala and Costa Rica.[1]
| Episcepsis lamia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Episcepsis |
| Species: | E. lamia |
| Binomial name | |
| Episcepsis lamia (Butler, 1877) | |
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Description
Head and thorax fuscous brown; two scarlet spots on back of head and two on lower part of tegulae; fore coxae crimson; abdomen metallic blue green, with the rough hair at base blackish; the ventral surface fuscous, with sublateral white lines on basal half. Forewing uniform fuscous brown. Hindwing black, shot with blue; hyaline streaks in, below, and beyond cell; the tuft on inner area whitish.
Wingspan 34 mm.[2]
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References
- Episcepsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum
External References
- Episcepsis lamia at BHL
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Episcepsis lamia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
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