''Epipyrops cucullata'' is a

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 ...

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 ...

. It was described by

Carl Heinrich Carl Heinrich (1880 in New York City – 1955) was an American entomologist. Life He studied Greek and drama at the University of Chicago, he moved to Washington D.C., in 1902, where he worked in business. In 1908, he went to New York to study ...

in 1931. It is found on

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is about 10 mm. Adults are blackish fuscous. The forewings and hindwings are concolorous and the head and thorax are somewhat darker.Notes on and descriptions of some American moths

References

Moths described in 1931 Epipyropidae {{Zygaenoidea-stub