Epicampoptera

Epicampoptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Subfamily: Drepaninae
Genus: Epicampoptera
Bryk, 1913
Synonyms
  • Metadrepana Hampson, 1914

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

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

Type species: Epicampoptera erosa (Holland, 1893)

Some species of this genus are

References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Epicampoptera Bryk, 1913". Afromoths. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",". "​Epicampoptera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ↑ (in French) Griveaud, 1967, Lépidoptères défoliateurs des Rubiacées en Côte d'Ivoire, Cah.ORSTOM, sér.Biol.3