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Episcepsis inornata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Episcepsis inornata

Episcepsis inornata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1856. It is found in Central America (including Guatemala and Costa Rica). It has also been recorded from southern Texas.

The wingspan is about 37 mm. Adults have two scarlet spots on the vertex and paired scarlet spots on the shoulders and scarlet fore-coxae. The forewing apices are black.

References

Episcepsis inornata Wikipedia