Epipyropidae

 The Epipyropidae comprise a small family of moths. This family and the closely related Cyclotornidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ectoparasites, the hosts typically being fulgoroid planthoppers, thus the common name planthopper parasite moths.

Epipyropidae
Epiricania hagoromo on Euricania facialis.JPG
Epiricania hagoromo on Euricania facialis
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Zygaenoidea
Family:Epipyropidae
Dyar, 1903
Epipyrops exigua, female

GeneraEdit

  • Agamopsyche
  • Anopyrops
  • Epieurybrachys
  • Epimesophantia
  • Epipomponia
  • Epipyrops
  • Epiricania
  • Heteropsyche
  • Ommatissopyrops
  • Palaeopsyche
  • Protacraga

Former generaEdit

  • Microlimax

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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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