title: Episparis
text: # Episparis
  
  Episparis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1857.
  
  ## Description
  
  Palpi upturned and hairy. Third joint minute. A short frontal tuft present. Antennae bipectinated to two-thirds length in male. Thorax and abdomen clothed with coarse hair. Tibia hairy. Forewings with straight costa. Outer margin excised from vein 5 to outer angle. Hindwings with produced outer margin to a point at vein 3 and excised below the point.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Episparis agnesae Pelletier, 1982
  * Episparis angulatilinea Bethune-Baker, 1906
  * Episparis brunoi Pelletier, 1982
  * Episparis connubens Holland, 1894
  * Episparis costistriga (Walker, 1864)
  * Episparis emmanueli Pelletier, 1982
  * Episparis experimens Walker, 1862
  * Episparis farinosa Bryk, 1915
  * Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
  * Episparis gomphiona Hampson, 1926
  * Episparis grandis Pelletier, 1982
  * Episparis hannemanni Pelletier, 1982
  * Episparis hieroglyphica Holland, 1894
  * Episparis homoeosema Hampson, 1926
  * Episparis hyalinata (Holland, 1920)
  * Episparis jacquelina Swinhoe, 1902
  * Episparis lamprina Holland, 1894
  * Episparis leucotessellis Hampson, 1902
  * Episparis liturata (Fabricius, 1787)
  * Episparis lunata Holland, 1894
  * Episparis malagasy Viette, 1966
  * Episparis minima Pelletier, 1982
  * Episparis monochroma Hampson, 1926
  * Episparis okinawensis Sugi, 1982
  * Episparis penetrata Walker, [1857]
  * Episparis sinistra (Holland 1894)
  * Episparis spilothyris Viette, 1956
  * Episparis sponsata (Fabricius, 1787)
  * Episparis sylvani Pelletier, 1982
  * Episparis taiwana Wileman & West, 1929
  * Episparis tortuosalis Moore, 1867
  * Episparis varialis (Walker, 1858)
  * Episparis vitrea (Saalmuller, 1891)
  * Episparis xanthographa Hampson, 1926
  