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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Planthopper Parasites (Epipyropidae)

Family Epipyropidae - Planthopper Parasites

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Strange larva clinging to a planthopper - Fulgoraecia exigua Hanging by a thread - Fulgoraecia exigua Hopper - Fulgoraecia exigua Planthopper Parasite Moth - Fulgoraecia exigua Planthopper Parasite Moth larva - Fulgoraecia exigua ID Please!! - Fulgoraecia exigua Fulgoraecia exigua - female planthopper predator moth - Fulgoraecia exigua
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)
Family Epipyropidae (Planthopper Parasites)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
EPIPYROPIDAE Dyar, 1903 (1)
Numbers
Only one species in this family (Fulgoraecia exigua) is present in our region (2).
There are 32 species worldwide, most of them in the Indian subregion and Australia
Size
Wingspan 4-15 mm
Identification
Short and bipectinate antennae in both sexes.
Larva, first instar slender, with a large head and it tapers posteriorly, very different from later instars. Later instars, very small head that can be retracted into the prothorax.
Range
Eastern US
Food
Larvae are parasitoids of Fulgoroid planthoppers.
Internet References
The Moths of Borneo
Moths of Australia, page 303
Works Cited
1.Revision and phylogeny of the Limacodid-Group families, with evolutionary studies on Slug Caterpillars Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea
Marc E. Epstein. 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 582.
2.Nearctica: Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 29 October, 2008 - 9:42am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 September, 2017 - 12:46pm

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