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Scoopwing Moths
Epipleminae
The Epipleminae or epiplemiine moths are a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Uraniidae. They are the most diverse and widespread uraniid group, occurring mainly throughout the Pantropics but barely reaching into the temperate regions. The Epipleminae are notable for the sexually dimorphic tympanal organ which is unlike any other butterfly's in details of its morphology. Some species are also peculiar in being able to rolling their wings into a stick-like shape, possibly as a form of...
53 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Phazaca
genusPhazaca
Calledapteryx
genusCalledapteryx

Dysaethria
genusDysaethria

Callizzia
genusCallizzia

Epiplema
genusEpiplema

Monobolodes
genusMonobolodes

Syngria
genusSyngria

Oroplema
genusOroplema

Orudiza
genusOrudiza

Erosia
genusErosia

Europlema
genusEuroplema

Morphomima
genusMorphomima

Schidax
genusSchidax

Chundana
genusChundana

Antiplecta
genusAntiplecta

Psamathia
genusPsamathia

Warreniplema
genusWarreniplema

Coelurotricha
genusCoelurotricha

Trotorhombia
genusTrotorhombia

Rhombophylla
genusRhombophylla

Eversmannia
genusEversmannia

Crypsicoela
genusCrypsicoela

Nedusia
genusNedusia

Molybdophora
genusMolybdophora

Pterotosoma
genusPterotosoma

Chaetoceras
genusChaetoceras

Meleaba
genusMeleaba

Leucoplema
genusLeucoplema

Aorista
genusAorista

Philagraula
genusPhilagraula

Dysrhombia
genusDysrhombia

Pseudodirades
genusPseudodirades

Gathynia
genusGathynia

Hypophysaria
genusHypophysaria

Chionoplema
genusChionoplema

Monoplema
genusMonoplema

Platerosia
genusPlaterosia

Powondrella
genusPowondrella
Heteroplema
genusHeteroplema

Aphyodes
genusAphyodes
Dasmeuda
genusDasmeuda
Pangteyia
genusPangteyia
Himaplema
genusHimaplema
Sylviplema
genusSylviplema
Somwaria
genusSomwaria

Tricolpia
genusTricolpia
Madepiplema
genusMadepiplema

Coeluromima
genusCoeluromima
Paloda
genusPaloda
Arussiana
genusArussiana
Hypoplema
genusHypoplema

Alaplena
genusAlaplena
Anorthodisca
genusAnorthodisca
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123030.