Episcepsis lamia
| Episcepsis lamia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Euchromiina |
| Genus: | Episcepsis |
| Species: | E. lamia |
| Binomial name | |
| Episcepsis lamia (Butler, 1877) | |
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Episcepsis lamia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Butler in 1877. It is found in the Amazon region, Guatemala and Costa Rica.[1]
Description
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. Fore wing uniform fuscous brown. Hind wing black shot with blue; hyaline streaks in, below, and beyond cell; the tuft on inner area whitish. .... Exp. 34 mill. [2]
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