Epermenia infracta

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Epermenia infracta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species:
E. infracta
Binomial name
Epermenia infracta
Braun, 1926
Synonyms
  • Epermenia strictelloides Gaedike, 1977

Epermenia infracta is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1926.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Colorado, Oregon and California.

Taxonomy[edit]

The species was previously treated as a synonym of Epermenia strictella.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia infracta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Gaedike, R. (2008). "New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151: 57-64.