Epipomponia nawai explained

Epipomponia nawai is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is found in Japan, Taiwan,^[1] China, and Korea.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The wings are entirely black, the forewings with many bluish-metallic scales.^[2] As a caterpillar, E. nawai is an ectoparasite of cicadas such as Hyalessa maculaticollis and Meimuna opalifera species. ^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/zygaenoidea/epipyropidae/epipomponia/ Epipomponia at funet
2. https://archive.org/stream/3908800908009401smitrich#page/19/mode/1up Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 6 (1) : 19
3. Meyer‑Rochow . Victor Benno . Mohamadzade Namin . Saeed . Jung . Chuleui . 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 . Elsevier BV . 26 . 1 . 2023 . 1226-8615 . 10.1016/j.aspen.2022.102007 . 102007.