The Epipyropidae comprise a small

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

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

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...

in that the larvae are

ectoparasite Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted str ...

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 Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, st ...

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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 and Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, ...

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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, of ...

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Epimesophantia ''Epimesophantia'' is a genus of moths in the Epipyropidae family. Species *''Epimesophantia dlabolai'' Krampl, 1983 Former species *''Epimesophantia schawerdae'' (Zerny, 1929) References

Epipyropidae Zygaenoidea genera {{Zygaenoid ...

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Epipomponia ''Epipomponia'' is a genus of moths in the family Epipyropidae The Epipyropidae comprise a small family (biology), family of moths. This family and the closely related Cyclotornidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ecto ...

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Epipyrops ''Epipyrops'' is a genus of moths in the family Epipyropidae The Epipyropidae comprise a small family (biology), family of moths. This family and the closely related Cyclotornidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ectopa ...

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Heteropsyche ''Heteropsyche'' is a genus of moths in the Epipyropidae The Epipyropidae comprise a small family (biology), family of moths. This family and the closely related Cyclotornidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ectoparasit ...

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Ommatissopyrops ''Ommatissopyrops'' is a genus of moths in the Epipyropidae The Epipyropidae comprise a small family (biology), family of moths. This family and the closely related Cyclotornidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ectopar ...

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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 Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territor ...

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Protacraga ''Protacraga'' is a genus of moths in the Epipyropidae The Epipyropidae comprise a small family (biology), family of moths. This family and the closely related Cyclotornidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ectoparasites ...

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