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Ephialtias abrupta

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Ephialtias abrupta
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Ephialtias
Species:
E. abrupta
Binomial name
Ephialtias abrupta
(Hübner, 1806)
Synonyms
  • Hypocrita abrupta Hübner, 1806
  • Josia dorsivitta Walker, 1854
  • Josia hyperia Walker, 1854
  • Ephialtias basalis Butler, 1878
  • Josia pilarge Walker, 1854
  • Josia icca Prout, 1918

Ephialtias abrupta is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in from the lower Amazon (Pará) in Brazil.

The species is sexually dimorphic.

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