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| taxon = Episcepsis frances
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| authority = [[Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.|Dyar]], 1910
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
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*''Episcepsis frances'' ab. ''alboreducta'' <small>Strand, 1920</small>
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
*''Epidesma frances''
| familia = [[Arctiidae]]
*''Centronia frances''
| genus = ''[[Epidesma]]''
| species = '''''E. frances'''''
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'''''Episcepsis frances''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Erebidae]]. It was described by [[Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.]] in 1910. It is found in [[Mexico]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Venezuela]], [[French Guiana]], [[British Guiana]], and [[Peru]].<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25161736#page/275/mode/1up ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum'' (1914).]</ref>
'''''Epidesma frances''''' is a [[moth]] of the [[Arctiidae]] family. It was described by Dyar in 1910.

==Description==
Head and thorax fuscous tinged with grey; the back of head and shoulders with paired crimson spots; fore coxae crimson in front; abdomen metallic blue with the hair on dorsum of basal segments greyish fuscous, the ventral surface with white patches on 1st three segments. Forewing uniform fuscous tinged with grey. Hindwing fuscous black, the lower part of cell and interspaces just below and beyond it with semi[[hyaline]] white streaks. Underside of forewing with white streak below base of subcostal nervure; hindwing with the lower part of cell and area just below and beyond it and the basal inner area white.

Wingspan 32–36&nbsp;mm.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25161736#page/275/mode/1up ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum'' (1914)]</ref>


==References==
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* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=arctiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog]
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[[Category:Episcepsis]]
[[Category:Moths described in 1910]]


[[Category:Arctiidae]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1910]]


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Episcepsis frances
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Episcepsis
Species:
E. frances
Binomial name
Episcepsis frances
Dyar, 1910
Synonyms
  • Episcepsis frances ab. alboreducta Strand, 1920
  • Epidesma frances
  • Centronia frances

Episcepsis frances is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, French Guiana, British Guiana, and Peru.[1]

Description

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Head and thorax fuscous tinged with grey; the back of head and shoulders with paired crimson spots; fore coxae crimson in front; abdomen metallic blue with the hair on dorsum of basal segments greyish fuscous, the ventral surface with white patches on 1st three segments. Forewing uniform fuscous tinged with grey. Hindwing fuscous black, the lower part of cell and interspaces just below and beyond it with semihyaline white streaks. Underside of forewing with white streak below base of subcostal nervure; hindwing with the lower part of cell and area just below and beyond it and the basal inner area white.

Wingspan 32–36 mm.[2]

References

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