Epermenia thailandica

Epermenia thailandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Epermenia
Species:	E. thailandica
Binomial name
	Epermenia thailandica; Gaedike, 1987
Synonyms
	Epermenia (Epermeniola) thailandica;

Epermenia thailandica is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. 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) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ 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: [1].

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[1] Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine

[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: [1].

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