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Ephestris

Ephestris
Mounted specimen on display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Ephestris
Hübner, [1820]
Species:
E. melaxantha
Binomial name
Ephestris melaxantha
(Hübner, [1809])
Synonyms[1]

Generic

  • Lama Walker, 1869 (preocc. Cuvier, 1800)

Specific

  • Hypocrita melaxantha Hübner, [1809]
  • Hypocrita superba Hübner, [1809]

Ephestris is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. It contains the single species Ephestris melaxantha. Both the genus and species were first described by Jacob Hübner, the genus in 1820 and the species in 1809.[2]

  1. ^ A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. (Moths): Vol. 1. Sphinges and Bombyces. - via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Ephestris​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

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