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Epipyropidae

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Genus

Anopyrops (1)
Epieurybrachys (1)
Epipomponia (3)
Epiricania (2)
Fulgoraecia (15)
Heteropsyche (4)
Microlimax (1)
Ommatissopyrops (1)
Palaeopsyche (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0