Epermenia albapunctella

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E. albapunctella
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Epermenia albapunctella
Busck, 1908 [1]

Epermenia albapunctella is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by August Busck in 1908. [2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Quebec. [3] [4]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, mottled with lighter fuscous and with black and brown scales. There is an ill-defined, broad, blackish fascia across the middle of the wing, preceded and followed by lighter patches. There is a round white dot at the end of the cell, preceded and followed by a black longitudinal dash. The hindwings are dark fuscous. [1]

The larvae feed on Osmorhiza occidentalis , Ligusticum scoticum and Heracleum species. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Busck, A. (1908). "Descriptions of some new microlepidoptera from Pennsylvania". The Canadian Entomologist. 40: 193–196 [195].
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia albapunctella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  3. "520006.00 – 2328 – Epermenia albapunctella – Busck, 1908". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  4. Gaedike, Reinhard (2008). "New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 151: 57–64.
  5. Entz, Chuck (July 8, 2011). "Species Epermenia albapunctella - Hodges#2328". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved June 22, 2018.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .