Epimarptis

Epimarptis is a genus of moths of the family Epimarptidae, it was previously part of Batrachedridae or others (see below).

Epimarptis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epimarptidae
Genus:	Epimarptis Walsingham, 1881
Species
See text

Taxonomy

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

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

See comments on the family Epimarptidae, but also see notes under Epimarptis philocoma