Epimarptis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epimarptidae |
| Genus: | Epimarptis Walsingham, 1881 |
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Epimarptis is a genus of moths of the family Epimarptidae, it was previously part of Batrachedridae or others (see below).
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus was created by Meyrick, 1914 for the species Epermenia philocoma from India.[1][2] The genus remained monotypic until three years later, when Meyrick, 1917 added a second species, this time from Sri Lanka.[3] Here, Meyrick decided to reclassify the genus in the family Epermeniidae. Finally, Meyrick, 1931 described a third species from Assam, eastern India. The genus remained with just three species from the Indian subcontinent until Kazuhiro Sugisima described a fourth new species from Japan in 2004.[4] Whilst specimens of this Japanese moth had been collected numerous times since at least 1975, they had remained without precise identification.[4][5]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Epimarptis Meyrick, 1914
- Epimarptis hiranoi Sugisima, 2004 - Japan (Honshu)
- Epimarptis isoloxa Meyrick, 1931 - India (Assam)
- Epimarptis philocoma Meyrick, 1914 - India (Karnataka, possibly Mumbai)
- Epimarptis septicodes Meyrick, 1917 - Sri Lanka (Maskeliya)
Ecology
[edit]See comments on the family Epimarptidae, but also see notes under Epimarptis philocoma
References
[edit]- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1914). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera (XVII)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (4): 771–782.
- ^ a b Savela, Markku (9 November 2018). "Epimarptis". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1917). "Exotic Microlepidoptera". Exotic Microlepidoptera (Marlborough). 2 (3): 65–90.
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- ^ a b Sugisima, Kazuhiro (2004). "Discovery of the genus Epimarptis Meyrick, 1914 (Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae s. l.) in Japan, with the description of a new species". Nota Lepidopterologica. 27 ((2/3)): 199–216. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Hoare, Robert; Dugdale, John; Watts, Corinne (2 November 2006). "The world's thinnest caterpillar? A new genus and species of Batrachedridae (Lepidoptera) from Sporadanthus ferrugineus (Restionaceae), a threatened New Zealand plant". Invertebrate Systematics. 20 (5): 571–583. doi:10.1071/is06009. ISSN 1447-2600. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2019 – via ResearchGate.
External links
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Media related to Epimarptis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Epimarptis at Wikispecies
