Epipristis minimaria

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

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

Description

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

References

^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ 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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[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.{{cite journal}}: 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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