Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
Episcepsis lenaeus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Cramer in 1780. It is found from Mexico to the Guianas.
Description
Head and thorax fuscous brown; back of head and shoulders with paired crimson spots; fore coxae crimson; abdomen metallic blue, the dorsal patch of hair brown; the ventral surface fuscous, with white patches on first three segments. Fore wing fuscous brown, with apical white patch. Hind wing fuscous with a slight bluish tinge; some hyaline in, below, and beyond cell; the tuft on inner area white. (Female) Abdomen without white patches below....Exp 36mm.
References
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