Episparis

Episparis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1857.

Episparis
Episparis taiwana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Pangraptinae
Genus: Episparis
Walker, [1857]
Synonyms
  • Neviasca Walker, [1859]
  • Pradiota Walker, 1866
  • Epigrypodes Turner, 1936
  • Episparina Berio, 1964
  • Episparonia Berio, 1964

Description

Palpi upturned and hairy. Third joint minute. A short frontal tuft present. Antennae bipectinated to two-thirds length in male. Thorax and abdomen clothed with coarse hair. Tibia hairy. Forewings with straight costa. Outer margin excised from vein 5 to outer angle. Hindwings with produced outer margin to a point at vein 3 and excised below the point.[1]

Species

  • Episparis agnesae Pelletier, 1982
  • Episparis angulatilinea Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Episparis brunoi Pelletier, 1982
  • Episparis connubens Holland, 1894
  • Episparis costistriga (Walker, 1864)
  • Episparis emmanueli Pelletier, 1982
  • Episparis experimens Walker, 1862
  • Episparis farinosa Bryk, 1915
  • Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
  • Episparis gomphiona Hampson, 1926
  • Episparis grandis Pelletier, 1982
  • Episparis hannemanni Pelletier, 1982
  • Episparis hieroglyphica Holland, 1894
  • Episparis homoeosema Hampson, 1926
  • Episparis hyalinata (Holland, 1920)
  • Episparis jacquelina Swinhoe, 1902
  • Episparis lamprina Holland, 1894
  • Episparis leucotessellis Hampson, 1902
  • Episparis liturata (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Episparis lunata Holland, 1894
  • Episparis malagasy Viette, 1966
  • Episparis minima Pelletier, 1982
  • Episparis monochroma Hampson, 1926
  • Episparis okinawensis Sugi, 1982
  • Episparis penetrata Walker, [1857]
  • Episparis sinistra (Holland 1894)
  • Episparis spilothyris Viette, 1956
  • Episparis sponsata (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Episparis sylvani Pelletier, 1982
  • Episparis taiwana Wileman & West, 1929
  • Episparis tortuosalis Moore, 1867
  • Episparis varialis (Walker, 1858)
  • Episparis vitrea (Saalmuller, 1891)
  • Episparis xanthographa Hampson, 1926
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References

  1. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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