Episimus Walsingham, 1892

Episimus includes 67 described species in the New World, ranging from the U.S. south to Chile and Argentina, plus two species from the Afrotropical Region (Gilligan et al. 2018). Hosts are recorded for about a dozen species (Brown et al. 2008), and those with more than a single host record appear to be polyphagous. For example, the widespread North American species E. argutanus (Clemens, 1860) has been reared from Anacardiaceae, Asteraceae, Betulaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Ericaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Rosaceae, and Ulmaceae .

Three specimens of Episimus brunneomarginatus Razowski and Wojtusiak, 2006 were reared in Ecuador, one from Clusia sp. ( Clusiaceae), one from an unidentified Moraceae, and one from an unknown host. A second species of Episimus (undetermined) also was reared from an unknown host.