Epipristis oxyodonta

Epipristis oxyodonta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Epipristis
Species: E. oxyodonta
Binomial name
Epipristis oxyodonta
Prout, 1934[1]

Epipristis oxyodonta is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Australia[2] (Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland).

Adults are pale grey with a scalloped dark submarginal line on each wing. The underside of the wings is pale grey with a broad dark band along the margin, and a central dark spot.[3]

References

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  1. 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
  2. LepIndex
  3. Australian Insects


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