Epipristis minimaria

Epipristis minimaria is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It is found in Hainan and Yunnan provinces of China, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.

Epipristis minimaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Epipristis
Species:
E. minimaria
Binomial name
Epipristis minimaria
(Guenée, [1858])[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypochroma minimaria Guenée, [1858]
  • Hypochroma parvula Walker, 1860

Description

The length of the forewings is 11–20 mm for males and about 26 mm for females. Antennae of the male is almost simple. Wings with crenulate (scalloped) margins. Hind tibia of male dilated. The wings are greyish white, diffused with red-brown, grey-brown and black-brown scales. Forewings with antemedial line more regularly waved. Outer area with pinkish beyond as well as before the submarginal line.[2] The outer margin of both wings is wavy.[3]

References
  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (June 11, 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Han, H.; Expósito H., A.; Xue, D. 2009: A taxonomic study of Epipristis Meyrick, 1888 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae). Zootaxa, 2263: 31-41. Abstract & excerpt PDF


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