Epiplema
| Epiplema | |
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| Epiplema himala | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Subfamily: | Epipleminae |
| Genus: | Epiplema Herrich-Schäffer, [1855] |
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Epiplema is a genus of moths in the Uraniidae family. A number of species have been reassigned to the Europlema genus.
Description
Palpi porrect, projecting beyond the frons. Fore wings with vein 5 from the upper angle of cell and veins 6,7 and 8,9 stalked. Vein 10 usually from cell, rarely stalked with 8 and 9. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell. Vein 5 from middle of discocellulars and veins 6,7 from upper angle. Wings held more or less apart in repose.[1]
Species
- Epiplema acutangularia Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]
- Epiplema albida
- Epiplema angulata Warren, 1896
- Epiplema argillodes Turner, 1903
- Epiplema certaria (Walker, 1861)
- Epiplema clathrata Warren, 1896
- Epiplema coeruleotincta Warren, 1896
- Epiplema conflictaria (Walker, 1861)
- Epiplema exornata (Eversmann, 1837)
- Epiplema himala (Butler, 1880)
- Epiplema horrida (Warren, 1896)
- Epiplema incolorata (Guenée, 1857)
- Epiplema leucosema Turner, 1911
- Epiplema quadristrigata (Walker, 1866)
- Epiplema saccata (Holloway, 1998)
- Epiplema stereogramma (Turner, 1903)
- Epiplema thiocosma Turner, 1911
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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