Episcepsis gnomoides

Episcepsis gnomoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Euchromiina
Genus: Episcepsis
Species: E. gnomoides
Binomial name
Episcepsis gnomoides
Schaus, 1910
Synonyms

Epidesma gnomoides

Episcepsis gnomoides is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Schaus in 1910. It is found in Costa Rica.[1]

Description

Head and thorax greyish brown; palpi white in front; the upper part of frons with pair of white points, the back of head with pair of crimson spots; fore coxae white; abdomen black with lateral metallic blue patches and the terminal half with blue bands, the ventral surface with the three basal segments white. Fore wing grey-brown, the veins blackish. Hind wing blackish with some semihyaline in, below, and just beyond the cell.

Hab. Costa Rica, Juan Vinas (Schaus), 1 S . Exp. 34 millim.[2]

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