Episcepsis lamia

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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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
Synonyms
  • Heliura lamia Butler, 1877
  • Epidesma lamia

Description

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Episcepsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum

External References

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  • 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.