| Epermenia falciformis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Epermenia |
| Species: | E. falciformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Epermenia falciformis | |
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Epermenia falciformis, also known as the large lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in Europe. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1828.
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July and again from August to September in two generations per year. [2]
Ova are laid on angelica ( Angelica sylvestris ) and ground-elder ( Aegopodium podagraria ) in June and July, and in the Autumn. [3] Larvae of the first generation feed in May and June in spun leaflets of their host plant, while larvae of the second generation mine a stem immediately below an umbel, causing it to droop and wither. When full grown, larvae leave via a small hole just before the junction above the main stem. [3] Pupation takes place in an open network cocoon amongst detritus on the ground. [4]
It is found in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Fennoscandia, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands and Slovakia.
Epermeniidae or the fringe-tufted moths is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order with about 14 genera. Previously they have been divided in two subfamilies Epermeniinae and Ochromolopinae but this is no longer maintained since the last group is probably hierarchically nested within the first. They are presently placed in their own superfamily but have previously been placed among the Yponomeutoidea or Copromorphoidea with which they share some features. Their systematic placement among the apoditrysian group "Obtectomera" is however uncertain. They show some morphological similarities to the "plume moths", for example the wing fringe has similar groups of scales. There are also some similarities to Schreckensteinioidea, for example spiny legs and at least in some species an open-network cocoon. The genus Thambotricha from New Zealand may be the sister group of all other extant members. The most important genera are Epermenia, Ochromolopis and Gnathifera. The group has been extensively revised and catalogued by Dr Reinhard Gaedike.
Batrachedra praeangusta is a moth of the family Batrachedridae which is native to Europe. It is also found in North America. It was first described by Adrian Haworth in 1828 from the type specimen found in England. The foodplants of the larvae are poplars and willows.
Elachista triatomea is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Stigmella floslactella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands.
Oxyptilus parvidactyla, also known as the small plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Africa, Asia and Europe. It was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.
Elachista unifasciella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Asia and Europe.
Depressaria discipunctella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Greece. Outside Europe it has been recorded from Lebanon, Syria and Iran. Formally found in Great Britain, where it was previously widespread.
Epermenia aequidentellus, also known as the carrot lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in Europe, Madeira and the Canary Islands. It was first described by Ernest Hofmann in 1867, from a specimen found in Vorderer Kaiser, near Kufstein, Austria.
Epermenia chaerophyllella, also known as the garden lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae first described by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1783. It is found in all of Europe and Asia Minor.
Epermenia insecurella, the chalk-hill lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Near East and Mongolia.
Epermenia petrusellus is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in France, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Greece. There are also records from the Kaluga Oblast, Russia, and from western Ukraine, but these records are doubtful and may be a misidentifications of Epermenia falciformis.
Phaulernis dentella is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in Asia and Europe. The moth was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.
Phaulernis fulviguttella, the yellow-spotted lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in the Palearctic including Europe.
Epermenia strictellus is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Europe, as well as in North Africa, from Turkey, through Kyrgyzstan and the Tuva Region to Japan.
Epermenia sinjovi is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in the Russian Far East, south-eastern Siberia, the southern Kuril islands, the Baikal region (Burjatija) and Japan.
Epermenia thailandica is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Thailand, the Russian Far East and the islands of Honshu and Kyushu in Japan.
Epermenia farreni, the scarce lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham in 1894 from a specimen found in Cambridge, England.
Epermenia profugella, also known as the little lance-wing is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in northern, central and eastern Europe. The moth was first described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1856, from a specimen found in Kemsing, Kent, England.
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Epermenia is a genus of moths in the family Epermeniidae. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
