Epermenia albapunctella

Epermenia albapunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species: E. albapunctella
Binomial name
Epermenia albapunctella
Busck, 1908

Epermenia albapunctella is a moth in the Epermeniidae family. It was described by Busck in 1908.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Quebec.[2][3]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, mottled with lighter fuscous and with black and brown scales. There is an ill-defined, broad, blackish fascia across the middle of the wing, preceded and followed by lighter patches. There is a round white dot at the end of the cell, preceded and followed by a black longitudinal dash. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[4]

The larvae feed on Osmorhiza occidentalis, Ligusticum scoticum and Heracleum species.[5]

References

  1. "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Gaedike, R., 2008: New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151: 57-64. Full article: .
  4. The Canadian Entomologist, v.40 (1908), p.195
  5. Bug Guide


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