Epermenia strictellus

Epermenia strictellus is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Europe (from the Iberian Peninsula to Poland, Romania and the Balkan Peninsula), as well as in North Africa, from Turkey, through Kyrgyzstan and the Tuva Region to Japan.[2]

Epermenia strictellus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species:
E. strictellus
Binomial name
Epermenia strictellus
(Wocke, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chauliodus strictellus Wocke, 1867
  • Epermenia (Calotripis) strictella
  • Epermenia sublimicola Meyrick, 1930
  • Epermenia anthracoptila Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is 11–17 mm.[3][4]

References
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  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Japanese Moths
  4. 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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