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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fringe-tufted Moths (Epermenioidea) » Fringe-tufted Moths (Epermeniidae)

Family Epermeniidae - Fringe-tufted Moths

Classification · Food · Print References · Internet References
moth - Epermenia albapunctella Arizona Moth for ID Pennys Bend leaf miner maybe on Zizia aurea D1446 2019 1 - Epermenia pimpinella Epermenia albapunctella - Epermenia Epermenia imperialella? - Epermenia imperialella Epermenia stolidota Epermenia pimpinella Epermenia cicutaella?
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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)
Food
Larvae of most species feed on members of the parsley family (Apiaceae).
Print References
Gaedike, R. 1977. Revision der nearktischen und neotropischen Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie 27: 301-312.
Gaedike, R. 1996. Epermeniidae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) 48: viii + 1-20.
Internet References
microleps.org
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 15 August, 2009 - 7:57pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 23 January, 2017 - 1:35pm

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