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. The family undergoes hypermetamorphosis, metamorphosing from triungular first instar larvae to highly modified second instars. ^[1]

Epipyropidae
Epiricania hagoromo on Euricania facialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Zygaenoidea
Family:	Epipyropidae Dyar, 1903

Epipyrops exigua, female

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

Epipyrops exigua, larva