Epipristis oxyodonta

Epipristis oxyodonta is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1934. It is found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia.[2]

Epipristis oxyodonta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Epipristis
Species:
E. oxyodonta
Binomial name
Epipristis oxyodonta

Adults are pale grey with a scalloped dark submarginal line on each wing. The underside of the wings is pale grey with a broad dark band along the margin, and a central dark spot.[3]

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (11 June 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 25 April 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epipristis oxyodonta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 August 2012). "Epipristis oxyodonta L.B. Prout, 1934". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 17 April 2019.


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