Epermenia muraseae

Epermenia muraseae is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in the islands of Honshu and Kyushu of Japan.[1]

Epermenia muraseae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Epermeniidae
Genus:
Epermenia
Species:
E. muraseae
Binomial name
Epermenia muraseae
Gaedike & Kuroko, 2000

The length of the forewings is 4.8–6 mm. It is similar to Epermenia sinjovi, but can be distinguished by the black anterior and posterior dots on the disc.

The larvae feed on Pittosporum tobira.

References
  1. 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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