Paraepermenia

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.

Paraepermenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Epermeniidae
Genus:
Paraepermenia

Gaedike, 1968
Species:
P. santaliella
Binomial name
Paraepermenia santaliella
Gaedike, 1968

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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