Paraepermenia

Paraepermenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Paraepermenia
Gaedike, 1968
Species:
P. santaliella
Binomial name
Paraepermenia santaliella
Gaedike, 1968

Paraepermenia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Epermeniidae described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1968. Its only species, Paraepermenia santaliella, the quandong moth, was described by the same author in the same year. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Santalum acuminatum (quandong).

References

  1. ↑ Ferguson, Kaye & Bailey, Peter (December 2001). "Integrated Pest Management of Quandong Moth". Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Paraepermenia santaliella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ Gaedike, Reinhard, 1968: https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/10(3)-599.pdf "Revision der Epermeniidae Australiens und Ozeaniens (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae)". Pacific Insects. 10 (3-4): 599-627.