Episcepsis venata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Mexico and the Amazon region.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Episcepsis |
| Species: | E. venata
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| Episcepsis venata Butler, 1877
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Description
editWings hyaline, the veins black; primaries brownish, with the apex, base, external angle, margins, and a spot on the discocellulars, dark brown; secondaries hyaline white, with a broad external black border. Body dark brown; frons white-spotted; back of head and sides of collar spotted with carmine; abdomen shot with blue, terminal segments above metallic green; collar below white-spotted; legs white below, trochanters of first pair rose red; ventral side white in the centre, grey brown at the sides, with a row of small reddish-yellow spots; genitalia yellow.
References
edit- ^ Episcepsis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum
External links
edit- E. venata at BHL
- E. venata at EOL
- E. venata at BOLD
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epidesma venata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.