Epermenia albapunctella

Epermenia albapunctella is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by August Busck in 1908.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Quebec.[2][3]

Epermenia albapunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Epermeniidae
Genus:
Epermenia
Species:
E. albapunctella
Binomial name
Epermenia albapunctella
Busck, 1908

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, mottled with lighter fuscous and with black and brown scales. There is an ill-defined, broad, blackish fascia across the middle of the wing, preceded and followed by lighter patches. There is a round white dot at the end of the cell, preceded and followed by a black longitudinal dash. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[4]

The larvae feed on Osmorhiza occidentalis, Ligusticum scoticum and Heracleum species.[5]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia albapunctella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. "520006.00 – 2328 – Epermenia albapunctella – Busck, 1908". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  3. Gaedike, Reinhard (2008). "New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 151: 57–64.
  4. The Canadian Entomologist, v.40 (1908), p.195
  5. Entz, Chuck (July 8, 2011). "Species Epermenia albapunctella - Hodges#2328". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved June 22, 2018.


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