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Epicampoptera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Drepanidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Drepaninae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Leipoxais, Zamarada, Stoermeriana, Macroglossum trochilus

Epicampoptera is a genus of moth in the family Drepanidae.

They are defoliators of coffee plants (Rubiaceae) and the species are difficult to be determined by sight.

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

    Epicampoptera Wikipedia