Epimarptis

Epimarptis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epimarptidae
Genus:	Epimarptis Walsingham, 1881
Species
See text

Epimarptis is a genus of moths of the family Epimarptidae, it was previously part of Batrachedridae or others (see below).

Taxonomy

The genus was created by Meyrick, 1914 for the species Epermenia philocoma from India. ^{[1] [2]} . The genus remained monotypic until three years later, when Meyrick, 1917 added a second species, this time from Sri Lanka. ^[3] Here, Meyrick decided to reclassify the genus in the family Epermeniidae. Finally, Meyrick, 1931 described a third species from Assam, eastern India. The genus remained with just three species from the Indian subcontinent until Kazuhiro Sugisima described a fourth new species from Japan in 2004. ^[4] Whilst specimens of this Japanese moth had been collected numerous times since at least 1975, they had remained without precise identification. ^{[4] [5]}

Species

The genus contains the following species: ^[2]

• Epimarptis Meyrick, 1914
  • Epimarptis hiranoi Sugisima, 2004 - Japan (Honshu)
  • Epimarptis isoloxa Meyrick, 1931 - India (Assam)
  • Epimarptis philocoma Meyrick, 1914 - India (Karnataka, possibly Mumbai)
  • Epimarptis septicodes Meyrick, 1917 - Sri Lanka (Maskeliya)

Ecology

See comments on the family Epimarptidae, but also see notes under Epimarptis philocoma

References

1. Meyrick, Edward (1914). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera (XVII)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (4): 771–782.
2. Savela, Markku (9 November 2018). "Epimarptis". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
3. Meyrick, Edward (1917). "Exotic Microlepidoptera". Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough). 2 (3): 65–90. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. Sugisima, Kazuhiro (2004). "Discovery of the genus Epimarptis Meyrick, 1914 (Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae s. l.) in Japan, with the description of a new species". Nota Lepidopterologica. 27 ((2/3)): 199–216. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
5. Hoare, Robert; Dugdale, John; Watts, Corinne (2 November 2006). "The world's thinnest caterpillar? A new genus and species of Batrachedridae (Lepidoptera) from Sporadanthus ferrugineus (Restionaceae), a threatened New Zealand plant". Invertebrate Systematics. 20 (5): 571–583. doi:10.1071/is06009. ISSN   1447-2600. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2019– via ResearchGate.

External links

• Media related to Epimarptis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Epimarptis at Wikispecies