Biology:Epermenia profugella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Epermenia |
| Species: | E. profugella
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| Epermenia profugella (Stainton, 1856) [1]
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Epermenia profugella, also known as the little lance-wing is a moth of the family Epermeniidae found in northern, central and eastern Europe.[2] The moth was first described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1856, from a specimen found in Kemsing, Kent, England.[3]
Description
The wingspan is 8–10 mm.[4] The forewings are dull greyish bronze, tinged with fuscous and the hindwings are dark grey.[5]
Ova, are probably laid on the seeds of ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria), angelica (Angelica sylvestris), wild carrot (Daucus carota) and burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga).[6] The larvae feed within the seeds, spinning two or three together during September and October. Feeding is inconspicuous, but larvae can sometimes be seen on the outside of seeds.[3] The species overwinters in the pupal stage within a flimsy cocoon on the ground.[7][3]
References
- ↑ "Epermenia (Cataplectica) profugella (Stainton, 1856)". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/55a13fcf-9bf1-4e30-a79c-fb969243e24b.
- ↑ Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae)
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 Godfray, H C J; Sterling, P H (1996). Epermeniidae. In Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 3. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 119. ISBN 0-946589-56-9.
- ↑ "Epermenia profugella (Stainton, 1856)". http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/e/epermenia_profugella.html.
- ↑ "Epermenia profugella (STAINTON, 1856) - Bibernellen-Zahnflügelfalter". http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Epermenia_Profugella.
- ↑ Ellis, W N. "Epermenia profugella (Stainton, 1856)". https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/apoditrysia/epermenoidea/epermeniidae/epermeniinae/epermeniini/epermenia/epermenia-profugella/.
- ↑ "47.008 [B&F: 0480 Epermenia profugella (Stainton, 1856)"]. https://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/0480.php.
Wikidata ☰ Q13577926 entry
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