Epermenia iniquellus

Epermenia iniquellus is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Europe (from southern France to Greece, Poland and Ukraine) and from Turkey to Iran, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.[2]

Epermenia iniquellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Epermeniidae
Genus:
Epermenia
Species:
E. iniquellus
Binomial name
Epermenia iniquellus
(Wocke, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chauliodus iniquellus Wocke, 1867
  • Epermenia iniquella
  • Cataplectica kruegeriella Schawerda, 1921
  • Epermenia ochrodesma Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is 9.5–10 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Peucedanum officinale and Ferula caspica.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. lepiforum.de


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