| Phaulernis dentella | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Phaulernis |
| Species: | P. dentella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaulernis dentella | |
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Phaulernis dentella (also known as the scale-tooth lance-wing) is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in Asia and Europe. The moth was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.
The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are blackish-brown, with a scattering of white scales and there is a distinct tuft on the dorsum. [2] There is one generation per year with adults on wing in June and can occasionally be seen on the flowers of the larval foodplant. [3] [4]
The larvae feed on the seeds of burnet-saxifrage ( Pimpinella saxifraga ), bulbous chervil ( Chaerophyllum bulbosum ), rough chervil ( Chaerophyllum temulum ), ground elder ( Aegopodium podagraria ), hogweed ( Heracleum sphondylium ) and wild angelica ( Angelica sylvestris ). [5] The larvae are yellowish with a dark brown head and live within seeds that are spun together. Larvae can be found from July and August. [4] The species overwinters in the pupal stage in an open network cocoon. [2]
It is found in central and eastern Europe, the Caucasus and western Siberia. [6]
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 Previously they have been divided in two subfamilies Epermeniinae and Ochromolopinae but this is no longer maintained since the last group is probably hierarchically nested within the first.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.
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