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Planthopper Parasite Moths
	Epiricania hagoromo on Euricania facialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Arthropoda;
Class:	Insecta;
Order:	Lepidoptera;
Suborder:	Glossata;
Infraorder:	Heteroneura;
Division:	Ditrysia;
Section:	Cossina;
Subsection:	Cossina;
Superfamily:	Cossoidea;
Family:	Epipyropidae;
Series:	Limacodiformes;
Genera
	Agamopsyche; Anopyrops; Epieurybrachys; Epimesophantia; Epipomponia; Epiricania; Fulgoraecia; Heteropsyche; Microlimax; Palaeopsyche

Epipyropidae is a small family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. 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.

[edit] See also

Tanna japonensis: A cicada host of Epipomponia nawai

[edit] References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Genus Database

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