Epipyropidae

Taxobox
name = Planthopper Parasite Moths


image_caption = "Epiricania hagoromo" on "Euricania facialis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Glossata
infraordo = Heteroneura
zoodivisio = Ditrysia
zoosectio = Cossina
zoosubsectio = Cossina
superfamilia = Cossoidea
series = Limacodiformes
familia = Epipyropidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Agamopsyche"
"Anopyrops"
"Epieurybrachys"
"Epimesophantia"
"Epipomponia"
"Epiricania"
"Fulgoraecia"
"Heteropsyche"
"Microlimax"
"Palaeopsyche"

Epipyropidae is a small family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. 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.

References

* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=epipyropidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Genus Database]