Epiphora (moth)

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Epiphora rectifascia.jpg

| image_caption = Epiphora rectifascia

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Lepidoptera

| familia = Saturniidae

| subfamilia = Saturniinae

| genus = Epiphora

| genus_authority = Wallengren, 1860

| synonyms =

  • Drepanoptera Rothschild, 1895
  • Faidherbia Guérin-Méneville, 1865
  • Falcipennae Pinhey, 1972

}}

Epiphora is a genus of large moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was first described by Wallengren in 1860. They are native to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849){{Cite news|url=https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/SATURNIIDAE/SATURNIINAE/epiphora%20mythimnia.htm|title=Epiphora mythimnia (Westwood, 1849)}}

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