Epicrisias

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Epicrisias
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Epicrisias
Dyar, 1912
Species:
E. eschara
Binomial name
Epicrisias eschara
Dyar, 1912

Epicrisias is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Epicrisias eschara, is found in Mexico. Both the genus and species were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1912. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Epicrisias Dyar, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2019.