''Epitausa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Erebidae. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1857.
Species
*''
Epitausa adelpha''
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Argentina
*''
Epitausa atriplaga''
(Walker, 1858) Brazil (Amazonas), Panama
*''
Epitausa coppryi''
(Guenée, 1852) Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana
*''
Epitausa dilina''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 858
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Year 858 ( DCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish ...
Brazil (Amazonas)
*''
Epitausa ferogia''
(Schaus, 1906) Brazil (São Paulo)
*''
Epitausa flagrans''
(Walker, 1869) Suriname
*''
Epitausa hermesia''
(Schaus, 1906) Brazil (São Paulo)
*''
Epitausa laetabilis''
Walker, 857
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Year 857 ( DCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Emperor Michael III, under the influence of his uncle Bardas, banis ...
/small> Dominican Republic
*'' Epitausa livescens'' (Guenée, 1852) French Guiana
*'' Epitausa lurida'' (Butler, 1879) Brazil (Amazonas)
*'' Epitausa megastigma'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 854
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Year 854 ( DCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Emperor Lothair I meets his (half) brothers (Louis the German and Charles the Bal ...
Suriname
*'' Epitausa modesta'' (Schaus, 1914) Suriname
*'' Epitausa obliterans'' (Walker, 1858) Brazil (Amazonas)
*'' Epitausa octophora'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Brazil (Amazonas)
*'' Epitausa olivescens'' (Schaus, 1912) French Guiana
*'' Epitausa pallescens'' (Schaus, 1901) Brazil (São Paulo)
*'' Epitausa patagonica'' (Guenée, 1852) Patagonia
*'' Epitausa pavescens'' (Butler, 1879) Brazil (Amazonas)
*'' Epitausa perserverans'' (Walker, 1858) Brazil (Amazonas, Para)
*'' Epitausa phanerosema'' (Hampson, 1926) Brazil
*'' Epitausa prona'' (Möschler, 1880) Panama, Suriname
*'' Epitausa rubripuncta'' (Guenée, 1852) Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana
*'' Epitausa subinsulsa'' (Dognin, 1912) French Guiana
*'' Epitausa sublata'' (Dognin, 1912) Peru
*'' Epitausa terranea'' (Schaus, 1911) Costa Rica
*'' Epitausa venefica'' (Möschler, 1880) Suriname
*'' Epitausa violascens'' (Hampson, 1926) Brazil (Amazonas)
References
Eulepidotinae
Moth genera
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