Eois jifia
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Eois |
| Species: | E. jifia |
| Binomial name | |
| Eois jifia (Dognin, 1899) | |
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Eois jifia is a species of geometer moth in the family Geometridae and subfamily Larentiinae. It is known from Ecuador, where its type locality is Loja.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was described by French entomologist Paul Dognin in 1899 from a single female collected at Loja. Dognin provisionally placed it in the genus Cambogia as Cambogia jifia, noting that examination of a male would be needed to confirm its generic placement.[2] It is now placed in the genus Eois, with Cambogia jifia treated as its original combination.[3] The parentheses around Dognin's name in the current authority indicate that the species is no longer assigned to the genus in which it was originally described.
Description
According to the original description, the female has an ochre-yellow ground colour. The forewing costa retains this colour, while a broad wine-coloured band immediately below it extends across much of the inner portion of the wing. The forewing has an unringed brown discal spot.[2]
The hindwings have a faint discal spot and are crossed by a broad central wine-coloured band and a paler terminal band. The fringes are concolorous. The underside is paler than the upper surface; the hindwing pattern remains similar, while the wine-coloured area of the forewing lacks the radiating extensions visible above. The labial palps are slender and short, the antennae are white and only slightly pubescent, and the body matches the ochre-yellow ground colour of the wings.[2]
Distribution
Eois jifia has been recorded from Ecuador.[1] Dognin's original specimen came from Loja in the southern Ecuadorian Andes.[2] Published information about its habitat, immature stages, host plants, and conservation status is currently limited.
References
- 1 2 Brehm, Gunnar; Bodner, Florian; Strutzenberger, Patrick; Hünefeld, Frank; Fiedler, Konrad (1 November 2011). "Neotropical Eois (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): Checklist, biogeography, diversity, and description patterns". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6): 1091–1107. doi:10.1603/AN10050.
- 1 2 3 4 Dognin, Paul (1899). "Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique (in French). 43: 135. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
- ↑ "Eois jifia Dognin, 1899". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
External links
Data related to Eois jifia at Wikispecies
Media related to Media related to the genus Eois at Wikimedia Commons