''Ephoria'' is a genus 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 of the
Apatelodidae
Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea, though they have in the past been considered a subfamily of Bombycidae.
Distribution
Species are e ...
family.
It was previously known as ''Colabata'', as a result of Herrich-Schäffer's ''Synopsis familiarum Lepidopterorum''—in which ''Ephoria'' was introduced—having been published twice. The earlier of these publications precedes that of Walker's ''Colabata'' in 1856, making the latter the junior synonym.
Species
Per Kitching et al. 2018, the genus contains the following species:
* ''
Ephoria dora''
(Schaus, 1896)
* ''
Ephoria eadgara''
(Schaus, 1934)
* ''
Ephoria ephora''
(Stoll, 1781)
* ''
Ephoria gallica
''Ephoria'' is a genus of moths of the Apatelodidae
Apatelodidae, the American silkworm moths, is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. They are a family within the superfamily Bombycoidea, though they have in the past been considered ...
''
Herbin, 2017
* ''
Ephoria hezia''
(Druce, 1899)
* ''
Ephoria illauta''
(Draudt, 1929)
* ''
Ephoria liliana''
(Schaus, 1900)
* ''
Ephoria lybia''
(Druce, 1898)
* ''
Ephoria marginalis''
(Walker, 1856)
* ''
Ephoria mendozata''
(Dognin, 1923)
* ''
Ephoria thea''
(Schaus, 1924)
* ''
Ephoria yanisi''
Herbin & Mielke, 2018
References
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Apatelodidae
Moth genera
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