Hosta

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.

Genera

• Agamopsyche
• Anopyrops
• Epieurybrachys
• Epimesophantia
• Epipomponia
• Epipyrops
• Epiricania
• Heteropsyche
• Ommatissopyrops
• Palaeopsyche
• Protacraga

Former genera

• Microlimax

See also

• Tanna japonensis: a cicada host of Epipomponia nawai

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Genus Database