Epermenia thailandica

Epermenia thailandica is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Thailand, the Russian Far East[1] and the islands of Honshu and Kyushu in Japan.

Epermenia thailandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species:
E. thailandica
Binomial name
Epermenia thailandica
Gaedike, 1987
Synonyms
  • Epermenia (Epermeniola) thailandica

The length of the forewings is 5.5–7 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey on the basal third of the wing, scattered with dark scales on the costal area. There is pale brownish-yellow suffusion on the apical two-thirds.[2]

The larvae feed on the fruit of Eleutherococcus senticosus. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

References

  1. Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 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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