''Epipyrops'' is a genus of

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 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 ectoparasites, the hosts typically being Planthopper, fulgoroid planth ...

. Also known as ''Fulgoraecia''.

Species

*'' Epipyrops atra'' (Pagenstecher, 1900) *''

Epipyrops bowringi ''Epipyrops bowringi'' is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Newman in 1851. It is found in China and India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and depen ...

'' (Newman, 1851) *'' Epipyrops cerolestes'' Tams, 1947 *'' Epipyrops cucullata'' (Heinrich, 1931) *''

Epipyrops epityraea ''Epipyrops epityraea'' is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Scheven in 1974. It is found in Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes regio ...

'' Scheven, 1974 *''

Epipyrops exigua ''Epipyrops exigua'' or ''Fulgoraecia exigua'', the planthopper parasite moth, is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1882. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Jersey and Pennsylva ...

'' (H. Edwards, 1882) *''

Epipyrops fuliginosa ''Epipyrops fuliginosa'' is a moth in the family Epipyropidae. It was described by Willie Horace Thomas Tams in 1922. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countrie ...

'' (Tams, 1922) *''

Epipyrops fulvipunctata ''Epipyrops fulvipunctata'' is a moth in the family Epipyropidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1913. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal. The larvae have been recorded feeding on the coccid ...

'' Distant, 1913 *''

Epipyrops grandidieri ''Epipyrops grandidieri'' is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Viette in 1961. It is found in Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar ...

'' Viette, 1961 *''

Epipyrops malagassica ''Epipyrops malagassica'' is a moth in the family Epipyropidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1928. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madaga ...

'' Jordan, 1928 *''

Epipyrops pallidipuncta ''Epipyrops pallidipuncta'' is a moth in the family Epipyropidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, ...

'' (Hampson, 1896) *''

Epipyrops poliographa ''Epipyrops poliographa'' is a moth in the family Epipyropidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, i ...

'' Hampson, 1910 *''

Epipyrops radama ''Epipyrops radama'' is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Viette in 1961. It is found in Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and n ...

'' Viette, 1961

Former species

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Epipyrops anomala ''Epipyrops bowringi'' is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Newman in 1851. It is found in China and India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and depen ...

'' Bowring, 1852 *'' Epipyrops eurybrachydis'' T. B. Fletcher, 1920 *'' Epipyrops melanoleuca'' T. B. Fletcher, 1939 *'' Epipyrops schawerdae'' Zerny 1929

References

*Bowring 1852, in Westwood. ''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London'' (2) 2 (Proc.): 5. Epipyropidae Zygaenoidea genera {{Zygaenoidea-stub