Eupragia oxinopa

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Eupragia oxinopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Eupragia
Species:
E. oxinopa
Binomial name
Eupragia oxinopa
Meyrick, 1929

Eupragia oxinopa is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Colombia. [1]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Depressariidae family of insects

Depressariidae is a family of moths. It has formerly been treated as a subfamily of Gelechiidae, but is now recognised as a separate family, comprising about 2300 species worldwide.

Edward Meyrick FRS was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on Microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern Microlepidoptera systematics.

Related Research Articles

Amphisbatinae subfamily of insects

The Amphisbatinae was a small subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. The present lineage is often included in the Depressariinae as a tribe Amphisbatini, though more often within the context of a "splitting" approach to Gelechioidea systematics and taxonomy, wherein the Depressariinae are elevated to full family rank and the Amphisbatinae are treated as a subfamily therein. An even more extremely split-up layout even treats the Amphisbatinae as full family Amphisbatidae. In the scheme used here, the Amphisbatinae are included in the Oecophoridae as a subfamily alongside the Depressariinae.

Eupragia is a moth genus of the family Depressariidae.

Eupragia hospita is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida south to South Carolina and west to Texas.

Eupragia banis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1974. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona.

References

  1. ↑ Eupragia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.


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