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Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Noctuidae > Agaristinae > Episteme

Episteme vetula (Geyer, 1832)

According to Hampson,1894 FW medial and post medial band very variable in size either conjoined or separate, white or buff.

Episteme vetula

Episteme vetula
Episteme vetula
Indian and global distribution:
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References:
  1. Hampson, G. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs, # 1565, pg 153 as Eusemia fasciatrix
  2. Holloway, J. D. 1989. The Moths of Borneo. Part 12. Noctuidae: Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/agaristinae/agaristinae_1_1.php [accessed 10 Sep 2015]
  3. jpmoth.org. Digital Moths of Asia. http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/05_NOCTUIDAE/08_AGARISTINAE/01_Episteme/Episteme%20vetula/Episteme%20vetula.htm [accessed 10 Sep 2015]
  4. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=281984 [accessed 10 Sep 2015]

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Anonymous. 2021. Episteme vetula (Geyer, 1832). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355264/Episteme-vetula
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