Epicephala Meyrick, 1880

Prins, Jurate De, Hartley, Diana, Sruoga, Virginijus, Nicholls, James, Wallace, Jesse & Zwick, Andreas, 2025, Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics, Zootaxa 5616 (1), pp. 1-340 : 309-311

Epicephala Meyrick, 1880

Synonyms: Iraina Diakonoff, 1955 . Type species: Iraina periplecta Diakonoff, 1955 , by original designation, synonymised by Vári (1961: xii, 42).

Leiocephala Kuznetzov et Baryshnikova, 2001 . Type species: Epicephala colymbetella Meyrick, 1880 , by original designation. Leiocephala was established to denote a subgenus of Epicephala Meyrick, 1880 , synonymised by De Prins & De Prins (2005: 177).

49. Type species: Epicephala colymbetella Meyrick, 1880

Synonym: Epicephala frugicola, Turner, 1913 . Australia, Queensland, Brisbane. Syntypes (♂ and ♀), coll. Turner, in ANIC (Canberra). A junior subjective synonym of Epicephala colymbetella Meyrick, 1880 , synonymised by A.J. Turner (1940: 56).

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney .

Type specimens and depository: Lectotype ♂, designated in the current study, BMNH(E) 1406200, NHMUK (London); Paralectotype ♀, BMNH(E) 1406783, in NHMUK (London) .

50. Epicephala acrobaphes ( Turner, 1900)

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane .

Type specimen and depository: Holotype ♂, ANIC Acc. no 31 010789, in ANIC (Canberra).

51. Epicephala acrocarpa Meyrick, 1927

Type locality: Samoa Islands , Upolu, Malololelei, 2000 ft.

Type specimen and depository: Holotype ♂, in NHMUK (London) [not found in June 2023].

52. Epicephala albistriatella ( Turner, 1894)

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane .

Type specimen and depository: Lectotype [gender unknown], designated in the current study, ANIC Acc. no 31 074483, in ANIC (Canberra).

53. Epicephala bathrobaphes Turner, 1947

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Toowoomba .

Type specimen and depository: Holotype ♂, ANIC Acc. no 31 010795, in NKU ( Tianjin).

54. Epicephala breyniphaga De Prins, Sruoga & Zwick , sp. nov.

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Burrewara Point .

Type specimens and depository: Holotype ♀, ANIC Acc. no 31 085533, genitalia slide ANIC 6225 , in ANIC (Canberra); Paratypes 2♂, ANIC Acc. no 31 085607, 31 085590, genitalia slides ANIC 6256 , 6227 , in ANIC (Canberra) .

55. Epicephala doddi De Prins, Sruoga & Zwick , sp. nov.

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Kuranda .

Type specimen and depository: Holotype ♂, ANIC Acc. no 31 085530, genitalia slide ANIC 6248 , in ANIC (Canberra).

56. Epicephala dunkensis De Prins, Sruoga & Zwick , sp. nov.

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Dunk Island .

Type specimen and depository: Holotype ♀, ANIC Acc. no 31 085529, genitalia slide 6250, in ANIC (Canberra).

57. Epicephala eugonia Turner, 1913

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane .

Type specimen and depository: Holotype ♀, ANIC Acc. no 31 010788, in ANIC (Canberra).

58. Epicephala lomatographa Turner, 1913

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Stradbroke Island .

Type specimen and depository: Holotype [gender unknown], ANIC Acc. no 31 010791, in ANIC (Canberra).

59. Epicephala nephelodes Turner, 1913

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Kuranda, near Cairns .

Type specimen and depository: Holotype ♂, in NKU ( Tianjin).

60. Epicephala periplecta ( Diakonoff, 1955)

Type locality: New Guinea, Araucaria Camp , 800 m.

Type specimen and depository: Holotype ♂, genitalia slide D1073, in RMNH (Leiden).

61. Epicephala philippa De Prins, Sruoga & Zwick , sp. nov.

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Kuranda .

Type specimens and depository: Holotype ♀, ANIC Acc. no 31 085531, genitalia slide 6224, in ANIC (Canberra); Paratypes (3♂, 1♀, 4 specimens), ANIC Acc. no 31 085587, 31 085588, genitalia slides ANIC 6222 ♂, 6223 ♂, in ANIC (Canberra) .

62. Epicephala spinula Clarke, 1986

Type locality: French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Fatu Hiva, Mt. Teaoaiua , 2000 ft (610 m) .

Type specimens and depository: Holotype ♀, nr. 100839, in USNM (Washington DC); Paratypes 2♂, genitalia slide USNM 24630 ♂ and 3♀, genitalia slides USNM 24560 ♀, 24628 ♀, 24629 ♀, in USNM (Washington DC), NHMUK ( London ) .

63. Epicephala spumosa Turner, 1947

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Stradbroke Island .

Type specimens and depository: Holotype ♀, [depository unknown].

64. Epicephala stephanephora Turner, 1923

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane; Stradbroke Island .

Type specimens and depository: Lectotype ♀, designated in the current study, in NKU ( Tianjin); Paralectotype ♂ [depository unknown] .

65. Epicephala sydnea De Prins, Sruoga & Zwick , sp. nov.

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney .

Type specimen and depository: Holotype ♂, ANIC Acc. no. 31 053778, genitalia slide 6249, in ANIC (Canberra).

66. Epicephala trigonophora ( Turner, 1900)

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Mt. Tambourine .

Type specimens and depository: Lectotype ♀, designated in the current study, ANIC Acc. no 31 074487,

in ANIC (Canberra); Paralectotypes 3♂, ANIC Acc. no 31 074484, 31 074485, 31 074486, in ANIC (Canberra) .

67. Epicephala xerocarpa De Prins, Sruoga & Zwick , sp. nov.

Type locality: Australia, Northern Territory, Solar Village .

Type specimens and depository: Holotype ♀, ANIC Acc. no 31 085532, genitalia slide ANIC 6220 , in ANIC (Canberra); Paratypes 1♂, 1♀, ANIC Acc. no 31 085585, 31 085586, genitalia slides ANIC 6219 ♂, 6221 ♀, in ANIC (Canberra) .

68. Epicephala zalosticha Turner, 1940

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney .

Type specimens and depository: Lectotype ♂, designated in the current study, ANIC Acc. no 31 053788, in ANIC (Canberra); Paralectotypes 4 specimens [gender unknown], ANIC Acc. no 31 053788, 31 053787, 31 053786, 31 074489, in ANIC (Canberra) .