Epipomponia nawai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Epipyropidae |
Genus: | Epipomponia |
Species: | E. nawai
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Binomial name | |
Epipomponia nawai (Dyar, 1904)
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Epipomponia nawai is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904.[1] It is found in Japan, Taiwan,[2] China, and Korea.[3]
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The wings are entirely black, the forewings with many bluish-metallic scales.[4] As a caterpillar, E. nawai is an ectoparasite of cicadas such as Hyalessa maculaticollis and Meimuna opalifera species. [3]