Ephoria Explained

Ephoria is a genus of moths of the family Apatelodidae.^[1] 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.^[2]

Species

Per Kitching et al. 2018, the genus contains the following species:^[1]

• Ephoria dora (Schaus, 1896)
• Ephoria eadgara (Schaus, 1934)
• Ephoria ephora (Stoll, 1781)
• Ephoria gallica Herbin, 2017
• Ephoria hezia (Druce, 1899)
• Ephoria illauta (Draudt, 1929)
• Ephoria liliana (Schaus, 1900)
• Ephoria lybia (Druce, 1898)
• Ephoria marginalis (Walker, 1856)
• Ephoria mendozata (Dognin, 1923)
• Ephoria thea (Schaus, 1924)
• Ephoria yanisi Herbin & Mielke, 2018

Notes and References

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