''Epitausa'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1857.
Species
*''
Epitausa adelpha''
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Argentina
*''
Epitausa atriplaga''
(Walker, 1858) Brazil (Amazonas), Panama
*''
Epitausa coppryi''
(Guenée, 1852) Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana
*''
Epitausa dilina''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 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 ...
Brazil (Amazonas)
*''
Epitausa ferogia''
(Schaus, 1906) Brazil (São Paulo)
*''
Epitausa flagrans''
(Walker, 1869) Suriname
*''
Epitausa hermesia''
(Schaus, 1906) Brazil (São Paulo)
*''
Epitausa laetabilis''
Walker, 857/small> Dominican Republic
*'' Epitausa livescens'' (Guenée, 1852) French Guiana
*'' Epitausa lurida'' (Butler, 1879) Brazil (Amazonas)
*'' Epitausa megastigma'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 854
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Year 854 ( DCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Emperor Lothair I meets his (half) brothers (Louis the German and Charles the Bald) in Attigny, Ardennes for the third ...
Suriname
*'' Epitausa modesta'' (Schaus, 1914) Suriname
*'' Epitausa obliterans'' (Walker, 1858) Brazil (Amazonas)
*'' Epitausa octophora'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Brazil (Amazonas)
*'' Epitausa olivescens'' (Schaus, 1912) French Guiana
*'' Epitausa pallescens'' (Schaus, 1901) Brazil (São Paulo)
*'' Epitausa patagonica'' (Guenée, 1852) Patagonia
*'' Epitausa pavescens'' (Butler, 1879) Brazil (Amazonas)
*'' Epitausa perserverans'' (Walker, 1858) Brazil (Amazonas, Para)
*'' Epitausa phanerosema'' (Hampson, 1926) Brazil
*''Epitausa prona
''Epitausa'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1857.
Species
*''Epitausa adelpha'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Argentina
*''Epitausa atriplaga'' (Walker, 1858) B ...
'' (Möschler, 1880) Panama, Suriname
*'' Epitausa rubripuncta'' (Guenée, 1852) Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana
*'' Epitausa subinsulsa'' (Dognin, 1912) French Guiana
*'' Epitausa sublata'' (Dognin, 1912) Peru
*'' Epitausa terranea'' (Schaus, 1911) Costa Rica
*'' Epitausa venefica'' (Möschler, 1880) Suriname
*'' Epitausa violascens'' (Hampson, 1926) Brazil (Amazonas)
References
Eulepidotinae
Moth genera
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