Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
Episcepsis gnomoides is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Schaus in 1910. It is found in Costa Rica.
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.
References
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