Epermenia thailandica
| Epermenia thailandica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Epermenia |
| Species: | E. thailandica |
| Binomial name | |
| Epermenia thailandica Gaedike, 1987 | |
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Epermenia thailandica is a moth of the Epermeniidae family. It is found in Thailand, the Russian Far East[1] and the islands of Honshu and Kyushu in Japan.
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
- ↑ Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae)
- ↑ 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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