Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker, 1859)

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Higher taxa:	Pyralidae (family)/  Phycitinae (subfamily)/  Phycitini (tribe)/  Epicrocis (genus)/  Canthelea (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1859)
Citation:	Pyralis ? Oegnusalis
Original genus:	Pyralis
Publication:	Walker F. 1859d. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIX.– Pyralides.
Journal:	—
Volume:	19
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Pagination:	905
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38886289

Epicrocis oegnusalis (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Epicrocis by G. F. Hampson (1896b: 85, as aegnusalis).

Hampson G. F. 1896b. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Moths.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker, 1859)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Sri Lanka	[Sri Lanka], Ceylon.

Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia, New Guinea; Oriental: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: China, Japan (see M. J. Qi & Y. S. Bae 2015: 580).

Qi M. J. & Bae Y. S. 2015. Taxonomic study of the genus Epicrocis Zeller (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) in Cambodia, with description of a new species.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker, 1859)	Cameroon		page D. Simon
Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker, 1859)	Comoros	Grande Comore (Ngazidja)	Viette P. 1958h. Note sur de petites collections de Lépidoptères récoltés aux îles Comores et en Aldabra. page 64
Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker, 1859)	Comoros	Mohéli (Mwali)	Viette P. 1958h. Note sur de petites collections de Lépidoptères récoltés aux îles Comores et en Aldabra. page 64
Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker, 1859)	Maldives	Minikoi	Meyrick E. 1902a. Lepidoptera. – In: Gardiner, J. S. (ed.) The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelago. Being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. page 125 (as lateritialis)
Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker, 1859)	Tanzania	Zanzibar (Unguja)	Holland W. J. 1896a. List of the Lepidoptera collected in Eastern Africa by Dr. W. L. Abbott, with descriptions of some apparently new species. page 258 (as saturatella)

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Epicrocis oegnusalis (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Epicrocis concolorella (Walker, 1866)	(Walker, 1866)	species	Synonym	Nephopterix concolorella
Epicrocis gratella (Walker, 1863)	(Walker, 1863)	species	Synonym	Homoeosoma gratella
Epicrocis lateritialis (Walker, 1863)	(Walker, 1863)	species	Synonym	Eurhodope lateritialis
Epicrocis punctigera (Butler, 1880)	(Butler, 1880)	species	Synonym	Trachonitis punctigera