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 and Taiwan.[2]

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.[3]

Life cycle
  • 1st instar larva
  • 5th instar larva
  • 5th instar larva hanging down
  • Cocoon
  • Cocoon on grass
  • 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. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 6 (1) : 19


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