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Epipsestis nikkoensis

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Species of false owlet moth

Epipsestis nikkoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Epipsestis
Species: E. nikkoensis
Binomial name
Epipsestis nikkoensis
(Matsumura, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Polyploca nikkoensis Matsumura, 1921

Epipsestis nikkoensis is a moth of the family Drepanidae first described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1921. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Jilin, Shaanxi and Hubei and in Japan, Taiwan, the Russian Far East, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, the Korean Peninsula, Thailand and northern Vietnam. The specific epithet nikkoensis is derived from Nikkō, the type locality of the species.

References

  1. "Epipsestis nikkoensis (Matsumura, 1921) 黑平波紋蛾". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (in Chinese). Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Matsumura, S. (1921). Thousand Insects of Japan Additamenta (in Japanese). Vol. 4. Tokyo: Keiseisha.
Taxon identifiers
Epipsestis nikkoensis
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