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Species Epermenia infracta - Hodges#2332

Moth - Epermenia infracta
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Epermenioidea (Fringe-tufted Moths)
Family Epermeniidae (Fringe-tufted Moths)
Genus Epermenia
Species infracta (Epermenia infracta - Hodges#2332)
Hodges Number
2332
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epermenia infracta Braun, 1926
Epermenia strictelloides Gaedike, 1977
Size
WS: 15-16 mm (Gaedike, 2008)
Range
Alberta, Colorado, Oregon and California (Gaedike, 2008)
Print References
Gaedike, R. 2008. New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 151: 61 (strictelloides is synonymized with E. infracta and E. infracta is redescribed.)