Episparis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1857.
Description
Palpi upturned and hairy. Third joint minute. A short frontal tuft present. Antennae bipectinated to two-thirds length in male. Thorax and abdomen clothed with coarse hair. Tibia hairy. Forewings with straight costa. Outer margin excised from vein 5 to outer angle. Hindwings with produced outer margin to a point at vein 3 and excised below the point.
Species
- Episparis agnesae <small>Pelletier, 1982</small>
- Episparis angulatilinea <small>Bethune-Baker, 1906</small>
- Episparis brunoi <small>Pelletier, 1982</small>
- Episparis connubens <small>Holland, 1894</small>
- Episparis costistriga <small>(Walker, 1864)</small>
- Episparis emmanueli <small>Pelletier, 1982</small>
- Episparis experimens <small>Walker, 1862</small>
- Episparis farinosa <small>Bryk, 1915</small>
- Episparis fenestrifera <small>Bryk, 1915</small>
- Episparis gomphiona <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Episparis grandis <small>Pelletier, 1982</small>
- Episparis hannemanni <small>Pelletier, 1982</small>
- Episparis hieroglyphica <small>Holland, 1894</small>
- Episparis homoeosema <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Episparis hyalinata <small>(Holland, 1920)</small>
- Episparis jacquelina <small>Swinhoe, 1902</small>
- Episparis lamprina <small>Holland, 1894</small>
- Episparis leucotessellis <small>Hampson, 1902</small>
- Episparis liturata <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small>
- Episparis lunata <small>Holland, 1894</small>
- Episparis malagasy <small>Viette, 1966</small>
- Episparis minima <small>Pelletier, 1982</small>
- Episparis monochroma <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
- Episparis okinawensis <small>Sugi, 1982</small>
- Episparis penetrata <small>Walker, [1857]</small>
- Episparis sinistra <small>(Holland 1894)</small>
- Episparis spilothyris <small>Viette, 1956</small>
- Episparis sponsata <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small>
- Episparis sylvani <small>Pelletier, 1982</small>
- Episparis taiwana <small>Wileman & West, 1929</small>
- Episparis tortuosalis <small>Moore, 1867</small>
- Episparis varialis <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Episparis vitrea <small>(Saalmuller, 1891)</small>
- Episparis xanthographa <small>Hampson, 1926</small>
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