Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Zygaenoidea
Familia:Epipyropidae
Genera: Agamopsyche – Anopyrops – Epieurybrachys – Epimesophantia – Epipomponia – Epipyrops – Epiricania – Fulgoraecia – Heteropsyche – Microlimax – Palaeopsyche
Name
Epipyropidae Dyar, 1903
References
Kato, M. (1940). A monograph of Epipyropidae (Lepidoptera). Ent. World 8: 67–94.
Krampl, F. & Dlabola, J. (1983). A new genus and species of epipyropid moth from Iran ectoparasitic on a new Mesophantia species, with a revision of the host genus (Lepidoptera, Epipyropidae; Homoptera, Flatidae). Acta ent. bohemoslov. 80: 451–472.
Kumar, R., Mittal, V., Chutia, P. & Ramamurthy, V.V. 2015. Taxonomy of Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939), (Lepidoptera: Epipyropidae) in India, a biological control agent of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) (Hemiptera: Lophopidae). Zootaxa 3974(3): 431–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.10 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Links
Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum.[1]
Vernacular names
English: planthopper parasite moths
中文: 寄蛾科
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.
Genera
Agamopsyche
Anopyrops
Epieurybrachys
Epimesophantia
Epipomponia
Epipyrops
Epiricania
Heteropsyche
Ommatissopyrops
Palaeopsyche
Protacraga
Former genera
Microlimax
See also
Tanna japonensis: a cicada host of Epipomponia nawai
Epipyrops exigua, larva
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Genus Database
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