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Planthopper Parasite Moths
Epipyropidae
The Epipyropidae comprise a small 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 fulgoroid planthoppers, thus the common name planthopper parasite moths.
13 branches of this family, most-observed first

Fulgoraecia
genusFulgoraecia

Epipomponia
genusEpipomponia

Heteropsyche
genusHeteropsyche

Epiricania
genusEpiricania

Ommatissopyrops
genusOmmatissopyrops

Anopyrops
genusAnopyrops
Agamopsyche
genusAgamopsyche

Epipyrops
genusEpipyrops
Epimesophantia
genusEpimesophantia

Protacraga
genusProtacraga
Palaeopsyche
genusPalaeopsyche
Microlimax
genusMicrolimax
Epieurybrachys
genusEpieurybrachys
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 176439.