Epipagis tristalis

Epipagis tristalis is a small moth in the family Crambidae that is found in Papua New Guinea. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1907 based on insects collected by Antwerp Edgar Pratt. Pratt wrote Two Years among New Guinea Cannibals based on his time there.[1]

Epipagis tristalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Epipagis
Species:
E. tristalis
Binomial name
Epipagis tristalis
(Kenrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Sameodes tristalis Kenrick, 1907
  • Diasemia wollastoni Rothschild, 1915
  • Diasemia wollastoni minor Rothschild, 1915

It has a wingspan of 24 mm.[2]

Subspecies
  • Epipagis tristalis tristalis Kenrick, 1907
  • Epipagis tristalis minor Rothschild, 1916

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epipagis tristalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
  2. Kenrick, George H. (January 15, 1907). "A List of Moths of the Family Pyralidae collected by A. E. Pratt in British New Guinea in 1902-3, with Descriptions of new Species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 85 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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