Epermenia stolidota

Epermenia stolidota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species: E. stolidota
Binomial name
Epermenia stolidota
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Acanthedra stolidota Meyrick, 1917

Epermenia stolidota is a moth in the Epermeniidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Arizona.[2]

The wingspan is 20[3]-22 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, between the veins more ochreous and irrorated with light grey and a few blackish scales. The stigmata is small and black and the plical elongate, very obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.[4]

References

  1. "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  2. Gaedike, R., 2008: New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151: 57-64. Full article: .
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Exotic Microlep. 2: 66


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