Episcepsis frances
| Episcepsis frances | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Euchromiina |
| Genus: | Episcepsis |
| Species: | E. frances |
| Binomial name | |
| Episcepsis frances Dyar, 1910 | |
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Episcepsis frances is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Dyar in 1910. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, French Guiana, British Guiana, and Peru.[1]
Description
Head and thorax fuscous tinged with grey; the back of head and shoulders with paired crimson spots; fore coxae crimson in front; abdomen metallic blue with the hair on dorsum of basal segments greyish fuscous, the ventral surface with white patches on 1st three segments. Fore wing uniform fuscous tinged with grey. Hind wing fuscous black, the lower part of cell and interspaces just below and beyond it with semihyaline white streaks. Underside of fore wing with white streak below base of subcostal nervure; hind wing with the lower part of cell and area just below and beyond it and the basal inner area white. ...Expanse 32–36 mm.[2]