Episteme (moth)
Encyclopedia
Episteme is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Episteme adulatrix Kollar, [1844]
- Episteme arctopsa Chou & Chen, 1962
- Episteme beatrix Jordan, 1909
- Episteme bisma Moore, [1858]
- Episteme connexa Walker, 1856
- Episteme conspicua Rothschild, 1896
- Episteme hebe Jordan, 1912
- Episteme latimargo Hampson, 1891
- Episteme lectrix Linnaeus, 1764
- Episteme macrosema Jordan, 1912
- Episteme maculatrix Duncan & Westwood, 1841
- Episteme mundina Jordan, 1912
- Episteme negrita Hampson, 1894
- Episteme nigripennis Butler, 1875
- Episteme nipalensis Butler, 1875
- Episteme sumatrana Rothschild, 1899
- Episteme sumbana Rothschild, 1897
- Episteme vetula Geyer, 1832