Epermenia farreni

Scarce lance-wing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species: E. farreni
Binomial name
Epermenia farreni
Synonyms
  • Cataplectica farreni Walsingham, 1894

Epermenia farreni, the scarce lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in Great Britain, Sweden, Slovakia, northern Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.[2]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm.[3]

The larvae feed within the seed capsules of Peucedanum montanum.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Hants Moths


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