Epicephala
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Epicephala is a genus of moth
s in the family Gracillariidae
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the family Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella....
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Species
- Epicephala acrobaphesEpicephala acrobaphesEpicephala acrobaphes is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
(Turner, 1900) - Epicephala acrocarpaEpicephala acrocarpaEpicephala acrocarpa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Samoa....
Meyrick, 1927 - Epicephala albifronsEpicephala albifronsEpicephala albifrons is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India , Indonesia , Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam....
(Stainton, 1859) - Epicephala albistriatellaEpicephala albistriatellaEpicephala albistriatella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
(Turner, 1894) - Epicephala ancistropisEpicephala ancistropisEpicephala ancistropis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Indonesia .The larvae feed on Callicarpa candicans. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Meyrick, 1935 - Epicephala ancylopaEpicephala ancylopaEpicephala ancylopa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India ....
Meyrick, 1918 - Epicephala australisEpicephala australisEpicephala australis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland.The larvae feed on Acacia longifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Turner, 1896) - Epicephala bathrobaphesEpicephala bathrobaphesEpicephala bathrobaphes is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
Turner, 1947 - Epicephala bromiasEpicephala bromiasEpicephala bromias is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India ....
Meyrick, 1910 - Epicephala calasirisEpicephala calasirisEpicephala calasiris is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India ....
Meyrick, 1908 - Epicephala colymbetellaEpicephala colymbetellaEpicephala colymbetella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland and the Marquesas Islands.The larvae feed on Phyllanthus ferdinandi. They feed in the seed capsules....
Meyrick, 1880 - Epicephala epimictaEpicephala epimictaEpicephala epimicta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
(Turner, 1913) - Epicephala euchalinaEpicephala euchalinaEpicephala euchalina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Myanmar....
Meyrick, 1922 - Epicephala eugoniaEpicephala eugoniaEpicephala eugonia is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
Turner, 1913 - Epicephala exetastisEpicephala exetastisEpicephala exetastis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka....
Meyrick, 1908 - Epicephala flagellataEpicephala flagellataEpicephala flagellata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka....
Meyrick, 1908 - Epicephala frenataEpicephala frenataEpicephala frenata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka and Indonesia ....
Meyrick, 1908 - Epicephala haplodoxaEpicephala haplodoxaEpicephala haplodoxa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Mozambique....
Vári, 1961 - Epicephala homostolaEpicephala homostolaEpicephala homostola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Namibia....
Vári, 1961 - Epicephala janseiEpicephala janseiEpicephala jansei is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Zimbabwe....
Vári, 1961 - Epicephala lomatographaEpicephala lomatographaEpicephala lomatographa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
Turner, 1913 - Epicephala nephelodesEpicephala nephelodesEpicephala nephelodes is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
Turner, 1913 - Epicephala orientaleEpicephala orientaleEpicephala orientale is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India .The larvae feed on Bauhinia species, including Bauhinia purpurea and Bauhinia variegata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Stainton, 1856) - Epicephala pelopeplaEpicephala pelopeplaEpicephala pelopepla is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
Vári, 1961 - Epicephala periplectaEpicephala periplectaEpicephala periplecta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea....
(Diakonoff, 1955) - Epicephala pyrrhogastraEpicephala pyrrhogastraEpicephala pyrrhogastra is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe....
Meyrick, 1908 - Epicephala relictellaEpicephala relictellaEpicephala relictella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Russian Far East, China and Korea.-Adult:...
Kuznetzov, 1979 - Epicephala scythropisEpicephala scythropisEpicephala scythropis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India and Myanmar.The larvae feed on Phyllanthus species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Meyrick, 1930 - Epicephala sphenitisEpicephala sphenitisEpicephala sphenitis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India .The larvae feed on Breynia rhamnoides and Breynia vitis-idaea. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Meyrick, 1931 - Epicephala spinulaEpicephala spinulaEpicephala spinula is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Marquesas Islands....
Clarke, 1986 - Epicephala spumosaEpicephala spumosaEpicephala spumosa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland....
Turner, 1947 - Epicephala squamellaEpicephala squamellaEpicephala squamella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Vietnam....
Kuznetzov & Baryshnikova, 2001 - Epicephala stauropaEpicephala stauropaEpicephala stauropa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India ....
Meyrick, 1908 - Epicephala strepsiplocaEpicephala strepsiplocaEpicephala strepsiploca is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India ....
Meyrick, 1918 - Epicephala subtilisEpicephala subtilisEpicephala subtilis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India ....
Meyrick, 1922 - Epicephala tephrostolaEpicephala tephrostolaEpicephala tephrostola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
Vári, 1961 - Epicephala trigonophoraEpicephala trigonophoraEpicephala trigonophora is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland, New South Wales and Sri Lanka.The wingspan is about 10 mm. Adults have a fringe along the trailing edge of each wing. The fore wings have a pattern of light and dark brown markings. The hind wings are a...
(Turner, 1900) - Epicephala venenataEpicephala venenataEpicephala venenata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Taiwan....
Meyrick, 1935 - Epicephala vermiformisEpicephala vermiformisEpicephala vermiformis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Indonesia .The larvae feed on Cajanus cajan. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Meyrick, 1936 - Epicephala zalostichaEpicephala zalostichaEpicephala zalosticha is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland and New South Wales....
Turner, 1940