Biology:Epermenia petrusellus

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Short description: Species of moth

Epermenia petrusellus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species:
E. petrusellus
Binomial name
Epermenia petrusellus
(Heylaerts, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chauliodus petrusellus Heylaerts, 1883
  • Epermenia petrusella
  • Epermenia kroneella Rebel 1903
  • Epermenia notodoxa Gozmány 1952

Epermenia petrusellus is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in France , Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Greece. There are also records from the Kaluga Oblast, Russia , and from western Ukraine , but these records are doubtful and may be a misidentifications of Epermenia falciformis.[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Peucedanum alsaticum and Peucedanum montanum.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13577923 entry