Biology:Epipristis oxyodonta

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Epipristis oxyodonta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Epipristis
Species:
E. oxyodonta
Binomial name
Epipristis oxyodonta
L. B. Prout, 1934[1]

Epipristis oxyodonta is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1934. It is found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia.[2]

Adults are pale grey with a scalloped dark submarginal line on each wing. The underside of the wings is pale grey with a broad dark band along the margin, and a central dark spot.[3]

References

  1. Pitkin, Linda M.; Han, Hongxiang; James, Shayleen (11 June 2007). "Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (2): 334–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00287.x. http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/51012319.pdf. 
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Epipristis oxyodonta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=209416. 
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (27 August 2012). "Epipristis oxyodonta L.B. Prout, 1934". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/geom/oxyodonta.html. Retrieved 17 April 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5383194 entry