Epermenia illigerella

Epermenia illigerella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species:
E. illigerella
Binomial name
Epermenia illigerella
(Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea illigerella Hübner, 1813

Epermenia illigerella is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is known from most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula), as well as western Siberia and the Altai region.[2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Aegopodium podagrariae.[4]

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  4. ^ "Does Epermenia illigerella (Hübner, 1813)(Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae) occur in the British isles?". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-03-25.