Episcepsis sixola

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

Episcepsis sixola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Episcepsis
Species:
E. sixola
Binomial name
Episcepsis sixola
Schaus, 1910
Synonyms
  • Epidesma sixola

Description

Palpi and legs brown black. Palpi with a white spot on first segment. White spots at base and end of coxae; fore coxae streaked with white in male, with roseate in female. Collar and thorax brown black, the former with dorsal and lateral red spots. Abdomen dull blue black, underneath with two rows of white spots. Primaries brown black, the veins still darker; a vague subterminal broad darker shade. Secondaries black; a short white streak in cell, and a large white patch at base of inner margin; some white scales beyond cell between veins 2 and 5. The female's wing span is 37 mm and the male's 34 mm.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Episcepsis sixola Schaus, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  2. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History


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