Epipyrops epityraea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epipyropidae |
| Genus: | Epipyrops |
| Species: | E. epityraea
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| Binomial name | |
| Epipyrops epityraea (Scheven, 1974)
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Epipyrops epityraea is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Scheven in 1974.[1] It is found in Tanzania.
The larvae live in coccid colonies of the species Ityraea patricia, found on the liana Hippocratea africana.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Fulgoraecia epityraea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ Afro Moths
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