Episcepsis gnomoides
| Episcepsis gnomoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Episcepsis |
| Species: | E. gnomoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Episcepsis gnomoides Schaus, 1910
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| Synonyms | |
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Epidesma gnomoides | |
Episcepsis gnomoides is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Schaus in 1910. It is found in Costa Rica.[1]
Description
Head and thorax greyish brown; palpi white in front; the upper part of frons with pair of white points, the back of head with pair of crimson spots; fore coxae white; abdomen black with lateral metallic blue patches and the terminal half with blue bands, the ventral surface with the three basal segments white. Fore wing grey-brown, the veins blackish. Hind wing blackish with some semihyaline in, below, and just beyond the cell.
Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 1 S . Exp. 34 millim.[2]
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