Epiricania melanoleuca

Epiricania melanoleuca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epipyropidae
Genus: Epiricania
Species:
E. melanoleuca
Binomial name
Epiricania melanoleuca
Synonyms
  • Epipyrops melanoleuca
    T. B. Fletcher, 1939
  • Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher)

Epiricania melanoleuca is a moth in the family Epipyropidae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1939.[1] It is found in India,[2] where its larvae are external parasitoids of the sugarcane planthopper (Pyrilla perpusilla). It has been used in biological pest control against this pest.

  1. ^ Kumar, Rajesh; Mittal, Vishal; Chutia, Preetirekha & Ramamurthy, V.V. (2015). "Taxonomy of Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939), (Lepidoptera: Epipyropidae) in India, a biological control agent of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) (Hemiptera: Lophopidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3974 (3): 431–439. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.10. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26249916.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Epiricania melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 February 2019.