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Epicephala
Epicephala (leafflower moths) is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Epicephala is of note in the fields of pollination biology and coevolution because many species in this genus are pollinators of plants in the genera Glochidion, Phyllanthus, and Breynia (Phyllanthaceae). These pollinating Epicephala actively pollinate the flowers of their host plants—thereby ensuring that the plants may produce viable seeds—but also lay eggs in the flowers' ovaries, where their larvae consume a subset of the developing seeds as nourishment. This relationship is similar to other specialized pollinating seed-predation mutualisms such as those between figs and fig wasps and yuccas and yucca moths.
57 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Epicephala lanceolaria
speciesEpicephala lanceolaria
Epicephala trigonophora
speciesEpicephala trigonophora
Epicephala lativalvaris
speciesEpicephala lativalvaris
Epicephala acrobaphes
speciesEpicephala acrobaphes
Epicephala albifrons
speciesEpicephala albifrons
Epicephala colymbetella
speciesEpicephala colymbetella
Epicephala albistriatella
speciesEpicephala albistriatella
Epicephala parasitica
speciesEpicephala parasitica
Epicephala homostola
speciesEpicephala homostola
Epicephala relictella
speciesEpicephala relictella
Epicephala acrocarpa
speciesEpicephala acrocarpa
Epicephala acinacephora
speciesEpicephala acinacephora
Epicephala venenata
speciesEpicephala venenata
Epicephala haplodoxa
speciesEpicephala haplodoxa
Epicephala pyrrhogastra
speciesEpicephala pyrrhogastra
Epicephala anthophilia
speciesEpicephala anthophilia
Epicephala bathrobaphes
speciesEpicephala bathrobaphes
Epicephala epimicta
speciesEpicephala epimicta
Epicephala flagellata
speciesEpicephala flagellata
Epicephala frenata
speciesEpicephala frenata
Epicephala lomatographa
speciesEpicephala lomatographa
Epicephala spumosa
speciesEpicephala spumosa
Epicephala euchalina
speciesEpicephala euchalina
Epicephala orientale
speciesEpicephala orientale
Epicephala stauropa
speciesEpicephala stauropa
Epicephala strepsiploca
speciesEpicephala strepsiploca
Epicephala subtilis
speciesEpicephala subtilis
Epicephala bipollenella
speciesEpicephala bipollenella
Epicephala corruptrix
speciesEpicephala corruptrix
Epicephala lanceolatella
speciesEpicephala lanceolatella
Epicephala nudilingua
speciesEpicephala nudilingua
Epicephala perplexa
speciesEpicephala perplexa
Epicephala vitisidaea
speciesEpicephala vitisidaea
Epicephala ancylopa
speciesEpicephala ancylopa
Epicephala zalosticha
speciesEpicephala zalosticha
Epicephala calasiris
speciesEpicephala calasiris
Epicephala exetastis
speciesEpicephala exetastis
Epicephala sphenitis
speciesEpicephala sphenitis
Epicephala ancistropis
speciesEpicephala ancistropis
Epicephala bromias
speciesEpicephala bromias
Epicephala nephelodes
speciesEpicephala nephelodes
Epicephala scythropis
speciesEpicephala scythropis
Epicephala eugonia
speciesEpicephala eugonia
Epicephala jansei
speciesEpicephala jansei
Epicephala vermiformis
speciesEpicephala vermiformis
Epicephala tephrostola
speciesEpicephala tephrostola
Epicephala pelopepla
speciesEpicephala pelopepla
Epicephala squamella
speciesEpicephala squamella
Epicephala obovatella
speciesEpicephala obovatella
Epicephala breyniphaga
speciesEpicephala breyniphaga
Epicephala xerocarpa
speciesEpicephala xerocarpa
Epicephala doddi
speciesEpicephala doddi
Epicephala philippa
speciesEpicephala philippa
Epicephala dunkensis
speciesEpicephala dunkensis
Epicephala sydnea
speciesEpicephala sydnea
Epicephala spinula
speciesEpicephala spinula
Epicephala periplecta
speciesEpicephala periplecta
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 124269.