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Euparyphasma albibasis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Euparyphasma
Species:	E. albibasis
Binomial name
Euparyphasma albibasis (Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
Polyploca albibasis Hampson, 1893 Lithocharis cinereofusca Houlbert, 1921

Euparyphasma albibasis is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in India, Taiwan and China.

The wingspan is about 68 mm. The forewings are silvery grey, with a white base and a whitish fascia along the costa from one-fifth from the base to the apex. There are waved antemedial and postmedial dark lines and a submarginal series of white specks. The hindwings are pale fuscous, the outer area darker.

Subspecies

• Euparyphasma albibasis albibasis (India)
• Euparyphasma albibasis cinereofusca (Houlbert, 1921) (Vietnam, China: Sichuan, Yunnan)
• Euparyphasma albibasis guankaiyuni Laszlo, G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Witt, 2007 (China: Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi)

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Euparyphasma albibasis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
2. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 184 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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