Epermenia strictellus

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Epermenia strictellus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species:
E. strictellus
Binomial name
Epermenia strictellus
(Wocke, 1867) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chauliodus strictellusWocke, 1867
  • Epermenia (Calotripis) strictella
  • Epermenia sublimicola Meyrick, 1930
  • Epermenia anthracoptilaMeyrick, 1931

Epermenia strictellus is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Europe (from the Iberian Peninsula to Poland, Romania and the Balkan Peninsula), as well as in North Africa, from Turkey, through Kyrgyzstan and the Tuva Region to Japan. [2]

The wingspan is 11–17 mm. [3] The forewings are ochreous-cream, scattered with blackish-grey scales. The hindwings are greyish-fuscous. [4]

The larvae feed on Pimpinella saxifraga , Ferula communis , Laserpitium species, as well as on the flowers and unripe fruits of Seseli arenarium . The species overwinters as an adult.

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<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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Epermenia sugisimai is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is endemic to Hokkaido, Japan.

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Epermenia ijimai is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is endemic to Hokkaido, Japan.

Epermenia uedai is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Japan (Kyushu).

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

Epermenia fuscomaculata is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Japan (Kyushu) and Taiwan.

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Japanese Moths
  4. Kuroko, H. & R. Gaedike, 2006: Epermeniidae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea), with descriptions of six new species. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan57(1): 49-69. Abstract and full article: .