Epipsestis nikkoensis

Epipsestis nikkoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Drepanoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Drepanoidea

Familia: Drepanidae
Subfamilia: Thyatirinae
Genus: Epipsestis
Species: Epipsestis nikkoensis

Name

Epipsestis nikkoensis (Matsumura, 1921)

Type locality: Japan, Honshiu, Nikko, near Yumoto.

Holotype: HUS. ♂. Late part of viii.1916. Legit S. Matsumura.

Synonyms

• Polyploca nikkoensis Matsumura, 1921: 856, pl. 61, fig. 19
• Epipsestis nikkoensis Matsumura, 1931: 668, no. 297 (revived by Yoshimoto, 1976)
• Neopsestis nikkoensis Matsumura, 1933: 195, pl. IV, fig. 27
• Epipsestis ornata ab. nikkoensis Inoue, 1956: 664
• Epipsestis ornata (part.) Inoue, 1972: 32, fig. 3, pl. 5, fig. 4 (nec Leech, 1889)

References

Primary references

• Inoue, H. 1956. Synonymic notes on some moths from Japan and adjacent countries. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 33: 657–672. Reference page. 
• Inoue, H. 1972. Descriptions of two new species of the Thyatiridae from Japan (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Japan Entomological Academy 6(2): 29–35. Reference page. 
• Matsumura, S. 1921. Thousand Insects of Japan Additamenta, Vol. 4, 743-962, Pls. 54-71. Reference page. 
• Matsumura, S. 1931. 6000 Illustrated Insects of Japan-Empire [日本昆蟲大圖鑑]. Tokyo: Tōkō Shoin. 1497 pp. NDL Digital Collections Reference page. 
• Matsumura, S. 1933. New Species of Cymatophoridae of Japan and Formosa. Insecta Matsumurana 7(4): 190–201. Full article (HUSCAP) Reference page. 
• Yoshimoto, H. 1976. Restoration of Epipsestis nikkoensis (Matsumura, 1921) with some additional notes on the genus Epipsestis Matsumura, 1921 (Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae). Tinea 10(7): 67–70. Full issue Reference page. 

Additional references

• László, G.M., Ronkay, G., Ronkay, L.A. & Witt, T.J. 2007. The Thyatiridae of Eurasia including the Sundaland and New Guinea (Lepidoptera). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 13: 1–683. Abstract (PDF). Reference page. 
• Yoshimoto, H. 1982. Notes on the Genus Epipsestis, with Descriptions of Three New Species from Nepal (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae). Tyô to Ga 32(3–4): 117–137. DOI: 10.18984/lepid.32.3-4_117 Reference page.