Enypia

Enypia is a genus of moths, commonly called girdle moths, in the family Geometridae.

Enypia
Packard's girdle moth (Enypia packardata), Temagami, Ontario, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Enypia Hulst, 1896
Species
Four, see text

Description

Ennypia moths have light brownish-gray wings with variably dense dark speckling and prominent, black antemedial and postmedial lines. The postmedial line is angled diagonally from the inner margin toward the apex and has a highly irregular toothed and scalloped outline, meeting the costa in the apical area. It is also irregular and fainter than on the forewing, with the outer margin being slightly angular. The antemedial line is scalloped or zigzagged hindwing and slightly paler.

Species

• Enypia coolidgi Cassino & Swett, 1923
• Enypia griseata Grossbeck, 1908 – mountain girdle
• Enypia packardata Taylor, 1906 – Packard's girdle
• Enypia venata (Grote, 1883) – variable girdle

References

• Enypia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database