Epicallima is a genus of concealer moths in the family Oecophoridae. The genus was erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1903. There are about seven described species in Epicallima, found primarily in North America and Europe.[1][2]
| Epicallima | |
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| Epicallima argenticinctella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
| Tribe: | Oecophorini |
| Genus: | Epicallima Dyar, 1903 |
Species
editThese seven species belong to the genus Epicallima:
- Epicallima argenticinctella (Clemens, 1860) (orange-headed epicallima)
- Epicallima bruandella (Ragonot, 1889)
- Epicallima formosella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
- Epicallima gerasimovi (Lvovsky, 1984)
- Epicallima icterinella (Mann, 1867)
- Epicallima mercedella (Staudinger, 1859)
- Epicallima mikkolai (Lvovsky, 1995)
References
edit- ^ "Epicallima". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ^ "Epicallima genus information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
Further reading
edit- Heikkilä, M; Mutanen, M; Kekkonen, M; Kaila, L. (2014). "Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera)". Cladistics. 30 (6): 563–589. doi:10.1111/cla.12064.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
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