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Genus of moths For the taxonomic synonym of the geometrid moth genus, see Epholca.

Ephoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Apatelodidae
Genus: Ephoria
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Synonyms
  • Colabata Walker, 1856

Ephoria is a genus of moths of the family Apatelodidae. 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:

References

  1. ^ Kitching, Ian; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Zwick, Andreas; Hamilton, Chris; Laurent, Ryan St; Naumann, Stefan; Mejia, Liliana Ballesteros; Kawahara, Akito (2 December 2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6. Supplementary material: checklist. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5904559. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. Herbin, Daniel; Mielke, Carlos G. C. (2017). "Preliminary list of Apatelodidae (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Bombycoidea) from the Northern Brazilian state of Maranhão with description of nine new species". The European Entomologist. 9 (3): 133. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Colabata


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