Epipomponia nawai: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Epipyropidae
- Genus
- Epipomponia
- Species
- Epipomponia nawai
- Scientific Name
- Epipomponia nawai
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Epipomponia nawai
Epipomponia nawai is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, China, and Korea.
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The wings are entirely black, the forewings with many bluish-metallic scales. As a caterpillar, E. nawai is an ectoparasite of cicadas such as Hyalessa maculaticollis and Meimuna opalifera species.
...Epipomponia nawai in languages:
- Chinese
- 名和氏蟬寄蛾
- Japanese
- セミヤドリガ
- Korean
- 매미기생나방
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