- Source: Episcepsis lenaeus
Episcepsis lenaeus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Pieter 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 the first three segments. Forewing fuscous brown, with apical white patch. Hindwing 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. Wingspan 36 mm.
References
External links
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epidesma lenaeus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
Episcepsis lenaeus at BHL
Savela, Markku. "Episcepsis lenaeus (Cramer, [1779])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
