Epischnia
Encyclopedia
Epischnia is a genus
of moth
s of the Pyralidae
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 Pyralidae
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...
family.
Species
- Epischnia adultella Zeller, 1848
- Epischnia agnieleae Leraut, 2003
- Epischnia albella Amsel, 1954
- Epischnia alfacarella Amsel, 1954
- Epischnia ampliatella Heinemann, 1864
- Epischnia aspergella Ragonot, 1887
- Epischnia asteris Staudinger, 1870
- Epischnia asteriscella (Millière, 1873)
- Epischnia bankesiella Richardson, 1888
- Epischnia beharella (Viette, 1964)
- Epischnia castillella Ragonot, 1894
- Epischnia christophori Ragonot, 1887
- Epischnia cretaciellaEpischnia cretaciellaEpischnia cretaciella is a species of moth in the Pyralidae family. It is found in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Russia and Libya.The wingspan is about 31 mm....
Mann, 1869 - Epischnia glyphella Ragonot, 1887
- Epischnia hesperidella Rebel, 1917
- Epischnia illotella Zeller, 1839
- Epischnia leucoloma Herrich-Schäffer, 1849
- Epischnia leucomixtella Ragonot, 1887
- Epischnia maracandella Ragonot, 1887
- Epischnia masticella Ragonot, 1887
- Epischnia muscidella Ragonot, 1887
- Epischnia nervosella Ragonot, 1887
- Epischnia oculatella Ragonot, 1887
- Epischnia peroni Agenjo, 1948
- Epischnia plumbella Ragonot, 1887
- Epischnia prodromella (Hübner, 1799)
- Epischnia ragonotella Rothschild, 1915
- Epischnia sareptella Leraut, 2002
- Epischnia sulcatella Christoph, 1877
- Epischnia thewysi Leraut, 2002
- Epischnia yangtseella (Caradja, 1939)
- Epischnia zophodiella Ragonot, 1887