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Scoopwing Moths
Epipleminae
The Epipleminae or epiplemiine moths are a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Uraniidae. The subfamily was first described by George Hampson in 1892. They are the most diverse and widespread uraniid group, occurring mainly throughout the Pantropics but barely reaching into the temperate regions. The Epipleminae are notable for the sexually dimorphic tympanal organ which is unlike any other lepidopteran's in details of its morphology. Some species are also peculiar in being able to roll their wings into a stick-like shape, possibly as a form of crypsis. Such behavior has hitherto only been found in this subfamily and the quite unrelated Ennominae (Sohn & Yen 2005).
Unlike the often colorful Uraniinae, they are smallish and drab species, and have earlier been erroneously placed with the Geometridae or Drepanidae based on phenetic considerations. Only three species have come to note as minor pests of commercial plants:
53 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Phazaca
genusPhazaca
Calledapteryx
genusCalledapteryx
Dysaethria
genusDysaethria
Callizzia
genusCallizzia
Epiplema
genusEpiplema
Monobolodes
genusMonobolodes
Syngria
genusSyngria
Oroplema
genusOroplema
Orudiza
genusOrudiza
Erosia
genusErosia
Europlema
genusEuroplema
Morphomima
genusMorphomima
Schidax
genusSchidax
Chundana
genusChundana
Antiplecta
genusAntiplecta
Psamathia
genusPsamathia
Warreniplema
genusWarreniplema
Coelurotricha
genusCoelurotricha
Trotorhombia
genusTrotorhombia
Rhombophylla
genusRhombophylla
Eversmannia
genusEversmannia
Crypsicoela
genusCrypsicoela
Nedusia
genusNedusia
Molybdophora
genusMolybdophora
Pterotosoma
genusPterotosoma
Chaetoceras
genusChaetoceras
Meleaba
genusMeleaba
Leucoplema
genusLeucoplema
Aorista
genusAorista
Philagraula
genusPhilagraula
Dysrhombia
genusDysrhombia
Pseudodirades
genusPseudodirades
Gathynia
genusGathynia
Hypophysaria
genusHypophysaria
Chionoplema
genusChionoplema
Monoplema
genusMonoplema
Platerosia
genusPlaterosia
Powondrella
genusPowondrella
Heteroplema
genusHeteroplema
Aphyodes
genusAphyodes
Dasmeuda
genusDasmeuda
Pangteyia
genusPangteyia
Himaplema
genusHimaplema
Sylviplema
genusSylviplema
Somwaria
genusSomwaria
Tricolpia
genusTricolpia
Madepiplema
genusMadepiplema
Coeluromima
genusCoeluromima
Paloda
genusPaloda
Arussiana
genusArussiana
Hypoplema
genusHypoplema
Alaplena
genusAlaplena
Anorthodisca
genusAnorthodisca
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123030.