Epicampoptera is a genus of moths in the family Drepanidae. The genus was first described by Felix Bryk in 1913.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Subfamily: | Drepaninae |
| Genus: | Epicampoptera Bryk, 1913[1] |
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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
edit- 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
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Epicampoptera Bryk, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ (in French) Griveaud, 1967, Lépidoptères défoliateurs des Rubiacées en Côte d'Ivoire, Cah.ORSTOM, sér.Biol.3
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