Hagnagora ephestris is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Colombia.

Hagnagora ephestris
Male (dorsal view left and ventral view)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hagnagora
Species:
H. ephestris
Binomial name
Hagnagora ephestris
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Heterusia ephestris Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Both H. ephestris and related H. discordata show a pronounced yellow blotch on the hindwings that is absent in H. luteoradiata. Different from H. discordata, the yellow transversal band on the forewing of H. ephestris reaches the outer margin of the wing. Moreover, the band is broader than in H. discordata, whereas the yellow field of the hindwing is narrower, particularly in the proximate half of the wing.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Brehm, Gunnar (November 18, 2015). "Three new species of Hagnagora Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica and a concise revision of the genus". ZooKeys (537): 131–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.537.6090. PMC 4714052. PMID 26798242.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.