Episcepsis capysca is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1910. It is found in Costa Rica.[1][2]
| Episcepsis capysca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Episcepsis |
| Species: | E. capysca
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| Binomial name | |
| Episcepsis capysca (Schaus, 1910)
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Description
editLegs and palpi dark grey streaked with white; forecoxae with white streak. Head ochreous spotted with black; the frons blackish with a few white scales. Collar brown black, with some ochreous shading in front and laterally. Thorax brownish black; a grey line on patagia. Abdomen blue black; a ventral row of white spots. Primaries dark olive brown; the veins and a streak in cell and one below it grey; the apex broadly snowy white. Secondaries bluish black; a semihyaline (almost glass-like) streak below cell, slightly in it, and also beyond it shortly.
Wingspan 30 mm.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epidesma capysca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Episcepsis capysca Schaus, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1910)
External links
edit- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- E. capysca at BHL
- E. capysca at BOLD
- E. capysca at EOL