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Planthopper Parasite Moths
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. The family undergoes hypermetamorphosis, metamorphosing from triungular first instar larvae to highly modified second instars.
13 branches of this family, most-observed first
Fulgoraecia
genusFulgoraecia
Epipomponia
genusEpipomponia
Heteropsyche
genusHeteropsyche
Epiricania
genusEpiricania
Ommatissopyrops
genusOmmatissopyrops
Anopyrops
genusAnopyrops
Agamopsyche
genusAgamopsyche
Epipyrops
genusEpipyrops
Palaeopsyche
genusPalaeopsyche
Protacraga
genusProtacraga
Microlimax
genusMicrolimax
Epimesophantia
genusEpimesophantia
Epieurybrachys
genusEpieurybrachys
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 176439.