''Epipristis'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyleti ...
erected by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Life and work
Ed ...
in 1888.
Species
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Epipristis minimaria
''Epipristis minimaria'' is a moth of the family Geometridae described by Achille Guenée in 1858. It lives in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Hainan and Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwes ...
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(Guenée, 858
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Events
By place
Europe
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(=''Hypochroma parvula''
Walker, 1860)
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Epipristis nelearia''
(Guenée, 858
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Year 858 ( DCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish nobles, invades the West Frankish Kin ...
**''Epipristis nelearia nelearia''
(Guenée, 858
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Year 858 ( DCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish nobles, invades the West Frankish Kin ...
**''Epipristis nelearia accessa''
Prout, 1937
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Epipristis oxycyma''
Meyrick, 1888 (=''Epipristis australis''
Goldfinch, 1929)
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Epipristis oxyodonta''
Prout, 1934
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Epipristis pullusa''
H.X. Han & D.Y. Xue, 2009
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Epipristis roseus''
Expósito & H.X. Han, 2009
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Epipristis rufilunata''
(Warren, 1903)
**''Epipristis rufilunata rufilunata''
(Warren, 1903) (=''Epipristis nelearia viridans''
Prout, 1916)
**''Epipristis rufilunata antelucana''
Prout, 1927
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Epipristis storthophora''
Prout, 1937
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Epipristis transiens''
(Sterneck, 1927)
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Epipristis truncataria''
(Walker, 1861)
References
* ; ; 2009: A taxonomic study of ''Epipristis'' Meyrick, 1888 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae). ''Zootaxa'', 2263: 31–41
Abstract & excerptPDF
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Pseudoterpnini
Geometridae genera
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