Global InformationEpiricania melanoleuca information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epipyropidae |
| Genus: | Epiricania |
| Species: | E. melanoleuca
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| Epiricania melanoleuca (T. B. Fletcher, 1939)
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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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Epiricania melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 February 2019.