Epermenia profugella

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Epermenia profugella
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E. profugella
Binomial name
Epermenia profugella
(Stainton, 1856)  [1]
Synonyms
  • Asychna profugellaStainton, 1856

Epermenia profugella, also known as the little lance-wing is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in northern, central and eastern Europe. [2] The moth was first described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1856, from a specimen found in Kemsing, Kent, England. [3]

Description

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. [4] The forewings are dull greyish bronze, tinged with fuscous and the hindwings are dark grey. [5]

Ova, are probably laid on the seeds of ground-elder ( Aegopodium podagraria ), angelica ( Angelica sylvestris ), wild carrot ( Daucus carota ) and burnet-saxifrage ( Pimpinella saxifraga ). [6] The larvae feed within the seeds, spinning two or three together during September and October. Feeding is inconspicuous, but larvae can sometimes be seen on the outside of seeds. [3] The species overwinters in the pupal stage within a flimsy cocoon on the ground. [7] [3]

Related Research Articles

Epermeniidae Family of moths

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 Previously they have been divided in two subfamilies Epermeniinae and Ochromolopinae but this is no longer maintained since the last group is probably hierarchically nested within the first.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.

Epermenia illigerella Species of moth

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<i>Epermenia falciformis</i> Species of moth

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.

<i>Epermenia aequidentellus</i> Species of moth

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.

<i>Epermenia chaerophyllella</i> Species of moth

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.

<i>Phaulernis dentella</i> Species of moth

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.

<i>Phaulernis fulviguttella</i> Species of moth

Phaulernis fulviguttella, the yellow-spotted lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in Asia and 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.

<i>Epermenia pontificella</i> Species of moth

Epermenia pontificella is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in most of Europe and Asia Minor.

Epermenia scurella is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in the mountains of central and southern Europe.

Epermenia iniquellus is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Europe and from Turkey to Iran, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

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 devotella is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland and southern Russia.

Epermenia muraseae is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in the islands of Honshu and Kyushu of Japan.

<i>Epermenia</i> Genus of moths

Epermenia is a genus of moths in the family Epermeniidae. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

Epermenia cicutaella is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1903. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Delaware, Kentucky, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia, Oregon, Quebec and Wyoming.

Epermenia pimpinella is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Mary Murtfeldt in 1900. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from South Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

References

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