Epermenia Explained

Epermenia is a genus of moths in the family Epermeniidae. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.

Species

• Subgenus Calotripis Hübner, 1825

• • Epermenia aarviki Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia aequidentellus (Hofmann, 1867) (originally in Chauliodus)
  • Epermenia albapunctella Busck, 1908
  • Epermenia bicornis Gaedike, 2004
  • Epermenia boliviana Gaedike, 2010
  • Epermenia brasiliana Gaedike & Becker, 1989
  • Epermenia brevilineolata Gaedike, 2004
  • Epermenia bulbosa Krüger, 2004
  • Epermenia californica Gaedike, 1977
  • Epermenia canadensis Gaedike, 2008
  • Epermenia chaerophyllella Goeze^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  • Epermenia cicutaella Kearfott, 1903
  • Epermenia conioptila Meyrick, 1921
  • Epermenia costomaculata Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia criticodes Meyrick, 1913
  • Epermenia dallastai Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia exilis Meyrick, 1897 (Australia)
  • Epermenia falcata Gaedike, 2008
  • Epermenia falciformis Haworth, 1828^[6]
  • Epermenia formosa Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia gaedikei Budashkin, 2003
  • Epermenia griveaudi Gaedike, 2004
  • Epermenia hamata Gaedike, 2013^[7]
  • Epermenia ijimai Kuroko & Gaedike, 2006
  • Epermenia illigerella (Hübner, 1813) (originally in Tinea)^[8]
  • Epermenia imperialella Busck, 1906
  • Epermenia infracta Braun, 1926
  • Epermenia insecurella Stainton, 1849 (originally in Elachista)
  • Epermenia insularis Gaedike, 1979
  • Epermenia karurucola Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia lomatii Gaedike, 1977
  • Epermenia maculata Gaedike, 2004
  • Epermenia malawica Gaedike, 2004
  • Epermenia meyi Gaedike, 2004
  • Epermenia minuta Gaedike, 2004
  • Epermenia muraseae Kuroko & Gaedike, 2006
  • Epermenia orientalis Geadike, 1966
  • Epermenia paramalawica Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia parastolidota Gaedike, 2010
  • Epermenia petrusella Heylaerts, 1889
  • Epermenia pimpinella Murtfeldt, 1900
  • Epermenia ruwenzorica Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia shimekii Kuroko & Gaedike, 2006
  • Epermenia sinjovi Gaedike, 1993
  • Epermenia stolidota (Meyrick, 1917) (originally in Acanthedra)
  • Epermenia strictellus (Wocke, 1867) (originally in Chauliodus)
  • Epermenia tasmanica Gaedike, 1968 (Australia: Tasmania)
  • Epermenia tenuipennella Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia turicola Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia uedai Kuroko & Gaedike, 2006
• Subgenus Cataplectica Walsingham, 1894
  • Epermenia afghanistanella (Gaedike, 1971)
  • Epermenia devotella (Heyden, 1863)
  • Epermenia farreni (Walsingham, 1894)
  • Epermenia iniquella (Wocke, 1867) (originally in Chauliodus)
  • Epermenia kenyacola Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia mineti Gaedike, 2004
  • Epermenia nepalica Gaedike, 1996
  • Epermenia pulchokicola Gaedike, 2010
  • Epermenia sinica Gaedike, 1996
  • Epermenia sugisimai Kuroko & Gaedike, 2006
  • Epermenia theimeri Gaedike, 2001
  • Epermenia triacuta Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia vartianae (Gaedike, 1971)
  • Epermenia wockeella (Staudinger, 1880)
• Subgenus Epermenia
  • Epermenia agassizi Gaedike, 2013
  • Epermenia dalianicola Gaedike, 2007
  • Epermenia ochreomaculella Millière, 1854
  • Epermenia pontificella (Hübner, 1796) (originally in Tinea)
  • Epermenia scurella (Stainton, 1851)
• Subgenus Epermeniola Gaedike, 1968
  • Epermenia bicuspis Gaedike, 2010
  • Epermenia bidentata (Diakonoff, 1955) (originally in Ochromolopis)
  • Epermenia caledonica Gaedike, 1981
  • Epermenia commonella Gaedike, 1968 (Australia)
  • Epermenia davisi Gaedike, 2010
  • Epermenia ergastica Meyrick, 1917
  • Epermenia fuscomaculata Kuroko & Gaedike, 2006
  • Epermenia oculigera (Diakonoff, 1955) (originally in Ochromolopis)
  • Epermenia pseudofuscomaculata Kuroko & Gaedike, 2006
  • Epermenia thailandica Gaedike, 1987
  • Epermenia trifilata Meyrick, 1932
  • Epermenia trileucota Meyrick, 1921 (Australia)
• Subgenus unknown
  • Epermenia anacantha Meyrick, 1917
  • Epermenia dracontias Meyrick, 1917
  • Epermenia ellochistis Meyrick, 1917
  • Epermenia epirrhicna Meyrick, 1938
  • Epermenia epispora Meyrick, 1897 (Australia)
  • Epermenia isolexa Meyrick, 1931
  • Epermenia leucomantis Meyrick, 1917
  • Epermenia macescens Meyrick, 1917
  • Epermenia oriplanta Bradley, 1965
  • Epermenia ozodes Meyrick, 1917
  • Epermenia parasitica Meyrick, 1930
  • Epermenia philocoma Meyrick, 1914
  • Epermenia philorites (Bradley, 1965)
  • Epermenia phorticopa Meyrick, 1921
  • Epermenia pithanopis Meyrick, 1921
  • Epermenia profugella (Stainton, 1856)^[9]
  • Epermenia septicodes Meyrick, 1917
  • Epermenia symmorias Meyrick, 1923
  • Epermenia xeranta Meyrick, 1917 (Australia)

Former species

• Epermenia alameda Braun, 1923
• Epermenia anthracoptila Meyrick, 1931
• Epermenia asiatica Gaedike, 1979
• Epermenia canicinctella (Clemens, 1863) (originally in Chauliodus)
• Epermenia daucellus (Peyerimhoff, 1870) (originally in Chauliodus)
• Epermenia dentosella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
• Epermenia fasciculellus (Stephens, 1834) (originally in Lophonotus)
• Epermenia ithycentra Meyrick, 1926
• Epermenia kroneella Rebel, 1903
• Epermenia nigrostriatellus (Heylaerts, 1883) (originally in Chauliodus)
• Epermenia notodoxa Gozmany, 1952
• Epermenia ochrodesma Meyrick, 1913
• Epermenia plumbeella Rebel, 1916
• Epermenia praefumata Meyrick, 1911
• Epermenia prohaskaella Schawerda, 1921
• Epermenia proserga Meyrick, 1913
• Epermenia schurellus Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Epermenia strictelloides Gaedike, 1977
• Epermenia sublimicola Meyrick, 1930
• Epermenia testaceella (Hübner, 1813) (originally in Tinea)
• Epermenia turatiella Costantini, 1923

References

• &, 2005: Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermediidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 28 (2): 123–138.
• , 1968: Revision der Epermeniidae Australiens und Ozeaniens (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). Pacific Insects 10 (3-4): 599–627.
• Gaedike . Reinhard . 2008 . New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera) . Tijdschrift voor Entomologie . 151 . 57–64.
• , 1979: Katalog der Epermeniidae der Welt (Lepidoptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie 39 (1): 271–288.
• , 2001: A new Epermenia Hübner, [1825], from Monte Baldo (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 111 (8): 230–231.
• , 2006: New and poorly known Lepidoptera from the West Palaearctic (Tineidae, Acrolepiidae, Douglasiidae, Epermeniidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 29 (3-4): 159–176.
• , 2010: New and poorly known Epermeniidae from the Neotropis, Australis, Orientalis and Palaearctic Regions (Lepidoptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie 60 (1): 57–70.
• 2013: New or poorly known Epermeniidae of the Afrotropis (Lepidoptera, Epermenioidea). Beiträge zur Entomologie 63 (1): 149–168.
• , 1989: New neotropical Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie 39 (2): 227–236.
• , 2001: Contribution to the Lepidoptera fauna of the Madeira Islands. Part 2. Tineidae, Acrolepiidae, Epermeniidae. Beiträge zur Entomologie 51 (1): 161–213.
• , 2006: Epermeniidae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea), with descriptions of six new species. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 57(1): 49–69.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Epermenia chaerophyllella - UKMoths. ukmoths.org.uk. 2015-04-29.
2. Web site: Epermenia chaerophyllella - UKMoths. ukmoths.org.uk. 2015-04-29.
3. Web site: Epermenia chaerophyllella - UKMoths. ukmoths.org.uk. 2015-04-29.
4. Web site: Epermenia chaerophyllella - UKMoths. ukmoths.org.uk. 2015-04-29.
5. Web site: Epermenia chaerophyllella (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). www2.nrm.se. 2015-04-29.
6. Web site: Epermenia falciformis (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae) --> ]. www2.nrm.se. 2015-04-29.
7. Web site: Savela . Markku . Epermenia Hübner, [1825] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . June 22, 2018.
8. Web site: Epermenia illigerella (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). www2.nrm.se. 2015-04-29.
9. Web site: Epermenia profugella (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). www2.nrm.se. 2015-04-29.