Episcepsis lenaeus

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]

Episcepsis lenaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Episcepsis
Species:
E. lenaeus
Binomial name
Episcepsis lenaeus
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx lenaeus Cramer, [1779]
  • Epidesma lenaeus
  • Episcepcis lenaeus Hernández-Baz, 2013

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]

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References

  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epidesma lenaeus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  • Episcepsis lenaeus at BHL
  • Savela, Markku. "Episcepsis lenaeus (Cramer, [1779])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2017.


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