Phaulernis pulchra

Phaulernis pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Phaulernis
Species: P. pulchra
Binomial name
Phaulernis pulchra
Gaedike, 1993

Phaulernis pulchra is a moth of the Epermeniidae family. It is found in the Russian Far East[1] and Japan (Hokkaido, Kyushu).[2]

The length of the forewings is about 6 mm for males and 7 mm for females. The forewings are dark fuscous with leaden reflections. The hindwings are fuscous.

References

  1. Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae)
  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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