Epipsestis albidisca

Epipsestis albidisca is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in western India (Berham Gully, Kangra), Sikkim, Nepal,[2] Pakistan, China (Yunnan, Tibet) and Vietnam.[3]

Epipsestis albidisca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Epipsestis
Species:
E. albidisca
Binomial name
Epipsestis albidisca
(Warren, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Polyploca albidisca Warren, 1888
  • Palimpsestis albidisca Moore, 1888
  • Polyploca polychromata Hampson, 1896

The wingspan is about 34 mm. The forewings are greyish white with a greenish tinge. The extreme base is blackish with a tuft of raised white scales, followed by a pale grey sinuous band, indistinctly traversed by a darker central line, then a dark-edged darker sinuous fascia, also traversed by an indistinctly darker line. The external angle of this fascia below the costa is marked by a short vertical black dash of raised scales, representing the orbicular stigma, followed by a similar, but longer, black dash, slightly inclined to the former, representing the reniform stigma. Each of these black dashes is also edged with pale erect scales. Beyond the second dash are two or three angulated, and one sinuous dark line, following an indistinct central pale fascia, which is whitish on the inner margin. Midway between the sinuous dark line and the hind margin is a pale denticulated submarginal line, preceded by an irregular dark grey fascia. The extreme hind margin has a series of black lunules and there is a straight black dash from the apex to the submarginal line. The hindwings are dull grey.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epipsestis albidisca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. Yoshimoto (1982) "Notes on the Genus Epipsestis, with Descriptions of Three New Species from Nepal (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae)". Tyô to Ga. 32 (3-4): 117-137.
  3. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
  4. On Lepidoptera collected by Major Yerbury in Western India, in 1886 and 1887


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