Episcepsis lenaeus
| Episcepsis lenaeus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Euchromiina |
| Genus: | Episcepsis |
| Species: | E. lenaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Episcepsis lenaeus (Cramer, 1780) | |
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Episcepsis lenaeus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Cramer in 1780. It is found from Mexico to the Guianas.[1]
Description
Head and thorax fuscous brown; back of head and shoulders with paired crimson spots; fore coxae crimson; abdomen metallic blue, the dorsal patch of hair brown; the ventral surface fuscous, with white patches on first three segments. Fore wing fuscous brown, with apical white patch. Hind wing fuscous with a slight bluish tinge; some hyaline in, below, and beyond cell; the tuft on inner area white. (Female) Abdomen without white patches below....Exp 36mm.[2]
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