Erpis

Erpis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Erpis; Walker, 1863
Species:	E. macularis
Binomial name
	Erpis macularis; Walker, 1863
Type species
	Erpis macularis; Walker, 1863

Erpis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.^[3] It contains only one species, Erpis macularis, which is found on Borneo.

The forewings are whitish with a blackish discal spot and four blackish bands.^[4]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Erpis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ Erpis at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
^ Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p. 133. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum

[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Erpis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

[2] Erpis at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum

[zoology1863-3] Walker, Francis (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum: Lepidoptera Heterocera. Trustees, British Museum. p. 133. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

[4] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum

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