Biology:Epermenia thailandica

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Epermenia thailandica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species:
E. thailandica
Binomial name
Epermenia thailandica
Gaedike, 1987
Synonyms
  • Epermenia (Epermeniola) thailandica

Epermenia thailandica is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Thailand, the Russian Far East[1] and the islands of Honshu and Kyushu in Japan .

The length of the forewings is 5.5โ€“7 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on the fruit of Eleutherococcus senticosus. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.

References

  1. โ†‘ Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae)
  2. โ†‘ 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: [1].

Wikidata ☰ Q15638126 entry