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Episcepsis venata

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Episcepsis venata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Episcepsis
Species:
E. venata
Binomial name
Episcepsis venata
Butler, 1877
Synonyms
  • Epidesma venata
  • Heliura aelia Schaus, 1889
  • Episcepcis venata Hernández-Baz, 2013

Episcepsis venata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Mexico and the Amazon region.[1]

Description

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Wings hyaline, the veins black; primaries brownish, with the apex, base, external angle, margins, and a spot on the discocellulars, dark brown; secondaries hyaline white, with a broad external black border. Body dark brown; frons white-spotted; back of head and sides of collar spotted with carmine; abdomen shot with blue, terminal segments above metallic green; collar below white-spotted; legs white below, trochanters of first pair rose red; ventral side white in the centre, grey brown at the sides, with a row of small reddish-yellow spots; genitalia yellow.

Wingspan Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 line.[2]

References

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  • E. venata at BHL
  • E. venata at EOL
  • E. venata at BOLD
  • Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Epidesma venata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.