Epicopeia hainesii

Short description: Species of moth

Epicopeia hainesii

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Epicopeiidae
Genus:  | Epicopeia
Species:  |

E. hainesii

Binomial name
Epicopeia hainesii

Holland, 1889

Synonyms

* Epicopeia chinensis Leech
* Epicopeia mipallida Oberthür, 1920
* Epicopeia pallescens Oberthür, 1920
* Epicopeia simulans Leech, 1889
* Epicopeia sinicaria Leech, 1897

Epicopeia hainesii is a moth of the family Epicopeiidae first described by William Jacob Holland in 1889. It is found in the Korean Peninsula, Japan and Taiwan.[1][2]

Epicopeia hainesii matsumurai larva

The wingspan is 55–60 mm.

## Subspecies

* Epicopeia hainesii hainesii Holland, 1889
* Epicopeia hainesii matsumurai Okano, 1973 (Taiwan)
* Epicopeia hainesii tsushimana Inoue, 1978 (Japan)

## References

1. ↑ "Epicopeia hainesii Holland 1889". http://eol.org/pages/384678/overview. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Epicopeia hainesii". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=69297.

## External links

* Japanese Moths

Wikidata ☰ Q5382598 entry

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicopeia hainesii. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Epicopeia_hainesii&oldid=934848"