Epipsestis nigropunctata

Epipsestis nigropunctata is a moth in the family Drepanidae.^[1] It is found in China, Japan^[2] (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku), Korea, the Russian Far East and Nepal.^[3]

Epipsestis nigropunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Epipsestis
Species:	E. nigropunctata
Binomial name
Epipsestis nigropunctata (Sick, 1941)
Synonyms
Polyploca nigropunctata Sick, 1941 Epipsestis perornata sicki Yoshimoto, 1988

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.^[4]

Subspecies

• Epipsestis nigropunctata nigropunctata (Nepal, China: Yunnan)
• Epipsestis nigropunctata perornata Inoue, 1972 (south-eastern Russia, Japan, Korean Peninsula, China: Shaanxi)