''Epidesma'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the subfamily
Arctiinae
The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...
. The genus was erected by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1819.
Species
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Epidesma albicincta''
(Hampson, 1905)
* ''
Epidesma aurimacula''
(Schaus, 1905)
* ''
Epidesma crameri''
(Travassos, 1938)
* ''
Epidesma hoffmannsi''
(Rothschild, 1912)
* ''
Epidesma imitata''
(Druce, 1883)
* ''
Epidesma josioides''
(Zerny, 1931)
* ''
Epidesma klagesi''
(Rothschild, 1912)
* ''
Epidesma metapolia''
(Dognin, 1912)
* ''
Epidesma obliqua''
(Schaus, 1898)
* ''
Epidesma oceola''
(Dyar, 1910)
* ''
Epidesma parva''
(Rothschild, 1912)
* ''
Epidesma perplexa''
(Rothschild, 1912)
* ''
Epidesma similis''
(Rothschild, 1912)
* ''
Epidesma trita''
(Dognin, 1911)
* ''
Epidesma ursula''
(Stoll, 781
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References
Euchromiina
Moth genera
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