Epermenia strictellus

Epermenia strictellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species: E. strictellus
Binomial name
Epermenia strictellus
(Wocke, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chauliodus strictellus Wocke, 1867
  • Epermenia (Calotripis) strictella
  • Epermenia infracta Braun, 1926
  • Epermenia sublimicola Meyrick, 1930
  • Epermenia anthracoptila Meyrick, 1931
  • Epermenia strictelloides Gaedike, 1977

Epermenia strictellus is a moth of the Epermeniidae family. 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 and in North America.[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.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae)
  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 Japan 57(1): 49-69. Abstract and full article: .
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