Epicampoptera

Epicampoptera is a genus of moths in the family Drepanidae. The genus was first described by Felix Bryk in 1913.[2]

Epicampoptera
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Epicampoptera

Bryk, 1913[1]
Synonyms
  • Metadrepana Hampson, 1914

They are defoliators of coffee plants (Rubiaceae) and the species are difficult to determine by sight.[3]

Type species: Epicampoptera erosa (Holland, 1893)

Some species of this genus are

  • Epicampoptera andersoni (Tams, 1925)
  • Epicampoptera carnea (Saalmüller, 1884)
  • Epicampoptera difficilis Hering, 1934
  • Epicampoptera efulena Watson, 1965
  • Epicampoptera erosa (Holland, 1893)
  • Epicampoptera graciosa Watson, 1965
  • Epicampoptera griveaudi Watson, 1965
  • Epicampoptera heringi Gaede, 1927
  • Epicampoptera heterogyna (Hampson, 1914)
  • Epicampoptera ivoirensis Watson, 1965
  • Epicampoptera marantica (Tams, 1930)
  • Epicampoptera notialis Watson, 1965
  • Epicampoptera pallida (Tams, 1925)
  • Epicampoptera robusta Watson, 1965
  • Epicampoptera seydeli Watson, 1965
  • Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913
  • Epicampoptera tamsi Watson, 1965
  • Epicampoptera tumidula Watson, 1965

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Epicampoptera Bryk, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epicampoptera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. (in French) Griveaud, 1967, Lépidoptères défoliateurs des Rubiacées en Côte d'Ivoire, Cah.ORSTOM, sér.Biol.3


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