The Epipyropidae comprise a small

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s. This family and the closely related Cyclotornidae are unique among the

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

in that the larvae are

ectoparasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...

s, the hosts typically being fulgoroid planthoppers, thus the common name planthopper parasite moths.

Genera

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Agamopsyche ''Agamopsyche'' is a genus of moths in the family Epipyropidae. It consists of only one species ''Agamopsyche threnodes'', which is found in Queensland. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from o ...

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Anopyrops ''Anopyrops'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Epipyropidae. ''Anopyrops corticina'', its sole species, was described by Karl Jordan in 1928 and is found in French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=Fr ...

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Epieurybrachys ''Epieurybrachys'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Epipyropidae described by Kato in 1940. Its sole species, ''Epieurybrachys eurybrachydis'', was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1920. It is found in India India, officia ...

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Epimesophantia ''Epimesophantia'' is a genus of moths in the 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 ...

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Epipomponia ''Epipomponia'' is a genus of moths in the Epipyropidae family. Species * '' Epipomponia elongata'' Jordan, 1928 * '' Epipomponia multipunctata'' Druce, 1887 * ''Epipomponia nawai ''Epipomponia nawai'' is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It ...

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Epiricania ''Epiricania'' is a genus of moths in the family Epipyropidae described by Kato in 1939. Species *''Epiricania hagoromo ''Epiricania hagoromo'' is a moth in the Epipyropidae The Epipyropidae comprise a small family of moths. This family a ...

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Heteropsyche ''Heteropsyche'' is a genus of moths in the Epipyropidae family. Species *''Heteropsyche micromorpha'' Perkins, 1905 *''Heteropsyche poecilochroma'' Perkins, 1905 *''Heteropsyche stenomorpha ''Heteropsyche stenomorpha'' is a moth in the family ...

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Ommatissopyrops ''Ommatissopyrops'' is a genus of moths in the Epipyropidae family. Species *''Ommatissopyrops lusitanicus'' Bivar de Sousa & Quartau, 1998 *''Ommatissopyrops schawerdae ''Ommatissopyrops schawerdae'' is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It ...

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Palaeopsyche ''Palaeopsyche'' is a genus of moths in the family Epipyropidae. It consists of only one species ''Palaeopsyche melanias'', which is found in the wet tropics of Queensland. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is ...

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Protacraga ''Protacraga'' is a genus of moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximatel ...

Former genera

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References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Genus Database
Moth families Ectoparasites Parasites of insects Parasitic insects {{Zygaenoidea-stub

Genera

Former genera

See also

References