Epipomponia nawai

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]

Epipomponia nawai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Epipyropidae
Genus:
Epipomponia
Species:
E. nawai
Binomial name
Epipomponia nawai
(Dyar, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Epypyros nawai Dyar, 1904

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]

Life cycle
  • 1st instar larva
    1st instar larva
  • 5th instar larva
    5th instar larva
  • 5th instar larva hanging down
    5th instar larva hanging down
  • Cocoon
    Cocoon
  • Cocoon on grass
    Cocoon on grass
  • Newly emerged female
    Newly emerged female

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epipomponia nawai​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. Epipomponia at funet
  3. Meyer‑Rochow, Victor Benno; Mohamadzade Namin, Saeed; Jung, Chuleui (2023). "Behavioural and phylogeographic observations on Epipomponia nawai (Dyer, 1904): An East Asian moth (Lepidoptera; Epipyropidae) whose larvae are ectoparasitic on cicadas (Hemiptera; Cicadidae; Sonatini)". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. Elsevier BV. 26 (1): 102007. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2022.102007. ISSN 1226-8615.
  4. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 6 (1) : 19 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.