''Episparis'' is a

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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

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erected by Francis Walker in 1857.

Description

Palpi upturned and hairy. Third joint minute. A short frontal tuft present. Antennae bipectinated to two-thirds length in male. Thorax and abdomen clothed with coarse hair. Tibia hairy. Forewings with straight costa. Outer margin excised from vein 5 to outer angle. Hindwings with produced outer margin to a point at vein 3 and excised below the point.

Species

* '' Episparis agnesae'' Pelletier, 1982 * '' Episparis angulatilinea'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 * '' Episparis brunoi'' Pelletier, 1982 * '' Episparis connubens'' Holland, 1894 * '' Episparis costistriga'' (Walker, 1864) * '' Episparis emmanueli'' Pelletier, 1982 * '' Episparis experimens'' Walker, 1862 * '' Episparis farinosa'' Bryk, 1915 * '' Episparis fenestrifera'' Bryk, 1915 * '' Episparis gomphiona'' Hampson, 1926 * '' Episparis grandis'' Pelletier, 1982 * '' Episparis hannemanni'' Pelletier, 1982 * '' Episparis hieroglyphica'' Holland, 1894 * '' Episparis homoeosema'' Hampson, 1926 * '' Episparis hyalinata'' (Holland, 1920) * '' Episparis jacquelina'' Swinhoe, 1902 * '' Episparis lamprina'' Holland, 1894 * '' Episparis leucotessellis'' Hampson, 1902 * '' Episparis liturata'' (Fabricius, 1787) * '' Episparis lunata'' Holland, 1894 * '' Episparis malagasy'' Viette, 1966 * '' Episparis minima'' Pelletier, 1982 * '' Episparis monochroma'' Hampson, 1926 * '' Episparis okinawensis'' Sugi, 1982 * '' Episparis penetrata'' Walker, 857/small> * '' Episparis sinistra'' (Holland 1894) * '' Episparis spilothyris'' Viette, 1956 * '' Episparis sponsata'' (Fabricius, 1787) * '' Episparis sylvani'' Pelletier, 1982 * '' Episparis taiwana'' Wileman & West, 1929 * '' Episparis tortuosalis'' Moore, 1867 * '' Episparis varialis'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Episparis vitrea'' (Saalmuller, 1891) * '' Episparis xanthographa'' Hampson, 1926

References

* * Pangraptinae Moth genera {{Pangraptinae-stub