Paraepermenia

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Paraepermenia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Paraepermenia
Gaedike, 1968
Species:
P. santaliella
Binomial name
Paraepermenia santaliella
Gaedike, 1968

Paraepermenia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Epermeniidae described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1968. Its only species, Paraepermenia santaliella, the quandong moth, [1] was described by the same author in the same year. [2] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Santalum acuminatum (quandong). [3]

References

  1. ↑ Ferguson, Kaye & Bailey, Peter (December 2001). "Integrated Pest Management of Quandong Moth". Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Paraepermenia santaliella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ Gaedike, Reinhard, 1968: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/10(3)-599.pdf "Revision der Epermeniidae Australiens und Ozeaniens (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae)". Pacific Insects. 10 (3-4): 599-627.


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