Episcepsis coeruleocephala Pinheiro & Araujo Junior 2017, comb. nov.
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Episcepsis coeruleocephala (Rothschild, 1912), comb. nov.
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Heliura coeruleocephala Rothschild, 1912: 168. Lectotype male, by subsequent designation (Hampson, 1914). PERU, Santo Domingo, Carabaya, 6,000 ft., June 1901 (G. Ockenden) (BMNH) [examined].
Eucereon coeruleocephala; Hampson, 1914: 317, pl. 18, fig. 6.
Heliura caeruleocephala [sic]; Draudt, 1915: 168, pl. 30, row e, misspelling.
Eucereon caeruleocephala [sic]; Draudt, 1917: 212, 213, misspelling.
Remarks. Episcepsis coeruleocephala comb. nov. was described from an undetermined number of males. Only one was found at the BMNH. To our knowledge, this species is known only from the lectotype, which is why it was not possible to dissect it. The closest described species is E. moloneyi, from which it differs externally in the forewing pattern: E. moloneyi does not have the veins well marked in a darker hue of brown as it happens in E. coeruleocephala comb. nov. On the other hand, the proximal area of hindwings is less marked in E. coeruleocephala comb. nov.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Pinheiro & Araujo Junior
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Episcepsis
- Species
- coeruleocephala
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Episcepsis coeruleocephala (Rothschild, 1912) sec. Pinheiro & Junior, 2017
References
- Rothschild, W. (1912) New Syntomidae. Novitates Zoologicae, 19 (2), 151 - 186.
- Hampson, G. F. (1914) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Supplement. vol. I. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum. Printed by the order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London, 858 pp.