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, Taiwan,[2] China, and Korea.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epipyropidae |
| Genus: | Epipomponia |
| Species: | E. nawai
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| Epipomponia nawai (Dyar, 1904)
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The wingspan is about 22 mm. The wings are entirely black, the forewings with many bluish-metallic scales.[4] As a caterpillar, E. nawai is an ectoparasite of cicadas such as Hyalessa maculaticollis and Meimuna opalifera species. [3]
Life cycle edit
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1st instar larva -
5th instar larva -
5th instar larva hanging down -
Cocoon -
Cocoon on grass -
Newly emerged female
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Epipomponia at funet
- ^ a b Meyer‑Rochow, Victor Benno; Mohamadzade Namin, Saeed; Jung, Chuleui (2023). "Behavioural and phylogeographic observations on Epipomponia nawai (Dyer, 1904): An East Asian moth (Lepidoptera; Epipyropidae) whose larvae are ectoparasitic on cicadas (Hemiptera; Cicadidae; Sonatini)". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 26 (1). Elsevier BV: 102007. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2022.102007. ISSN 1226-8615.
- ^ Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 6 (1) : 19
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