Epipristis minimaria
| Epipristis minimaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Epipristis |
| Species: | E. minimaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Epipristis minimaria (Guenée, [1858])[1] | |
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Epipristis minimaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Hainan, Yunnan), India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
The length of the forewings is 11–12 mm for males and about 13 mm for females. The wings are greyish white, diffused with red-brown, grey-brown and black-brown scales. The outer margin of both wings is wavy.[2]
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- ↑ Pitkin, Linda M. ; Hongxiang Han & Shayleen James, 2007, Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 343-412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x
- ↑ 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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