Enispodes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Warren in 1913. Its only species, Enispodes purpurea, was first described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo.[1][2][3]

Enispodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Enispodes
Warren in Seitz, 1913
Species:
E. purpurea
Binomial name
Enispodes purpurea
(Hampson, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Enispa purpurea Hampson, 1910

Taxonomy edit

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Enispodes​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (August 31, 2019). "Enispodes Warren in Seitz, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Enispodes Warren, 1913". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.