Epicallima
Genus of moths
| Epicallima | |
|---|---|
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| Epicallima argenticinctella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
| Tribe: | Oecophorini |
| Genus: | Epicallima Dyar, 1903 |
Epicallima is a genus of concealer moths in the family Oecophoridae. The genus was erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1903. There are about seven described species in Epicallima, found primarily in North America and Europe.[1][2]
Species
These seven species belong to the genus Epicallima:
- Epicallima argenticinctella (Clemens, 1860) (orange-headed epicallima)
- Epicallima bruandella (Ragonot, 1889)
- Epicallima formosella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
- Epicallima gerasimovi (Lvovsky, 1984)
- Epicallima icterinella (Mann, 1867)
- Epicallima mercedella (Staudinger, 1859)
- Epicallima mikkolai (Lvovsky, 1995)
References
Further reading
- Heikkilä, M; Mutanen, M; Kekkonen, M; Kaila, L. (2014). "Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera)". Cladistics. 30 (6): 563–589. doi:10.1111/cla.12064.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
Media related to Epicallima at Wikimedia Commons
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