Epicampoptera

Epicampoptera is a genus of moths in the family Drepanidae. The genus was first described by Felix Bryk in 1913.^[2]

Epicampoptera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Subfamily:	Drepaninae
Genus:	Epicampoptera Bryk, 1913[1]
Synonyms
Metadrepana Hampson, 1914

They are defoliators of coffee plants (Rubiaceae) and the species are difficult to determine by sight.^[3]

Type species: Epicampoptera erosa (Holland, 1893)

Some species of this genus are

• Epicampoptera andersoni (Tams, 1925)
• Epicampoptera carnea (Saalmüller, 1884)
• Epicampoptera difficilis Hering, 1934
• Epicampoptera efulena Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera erosa (Holland, 1893)
• Epicampoptera graciosa Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera griveaudi Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera heringi Gaede, 1927
• Epicampoptera heterogyna (Hampson, 1914)
• Epicampoptera ivoirensis Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera marantica (Tams, 1930)
• Epicampoptera notialis Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera pallida (Tams, 1925)
• Epicampoptera robusta Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera seydeli Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913
• Epicampoptera tamsi Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera tumidula Watson, 1965

References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Epicampoptera Bryk, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Epicampoptera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
3. (in French) Griveaud, 1967, Lépidoptères défoliateurs des Rubiacées en Côte d'Ivoire, Cah.ORSTOM, sér.Biol.3