Epipristis nelearia
| Epipristis nelearia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Epipristis |
| Species: | E. nelearia |
| Binomial name | |
| Epipristis nelearia (Guenée, [1858])[1] | |
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Epipristis nelearia is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in China (Hainan, Guangxi), India, the north-eastern Himalaya, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia.
The length of the forewings is 12–15 mm for bot males and females. The wings are greyish green.[2]
Subspecies
- Epipristis nelearia nelearia
- Epipristis nelearia accessa Prout, 1937
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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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