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Epermeniidae
Epermeniidae or "fringe-tufted moths" is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order with about 14 genera. Previously they have been divided in two subfamilies Epermeniinae and Ochromolopinae (e.g. Common, 1990: 321) but this is no longer maintained since the last group is probably hierarchically nested within the first (Dugdale et al., 1999). They are presently placed in their own superfamily but have previously been placed among the Yponomeutoidea or Copromorphoidea with which some features are...
16 branches of this family, most-observed first
Epermenia
genusEpermenia
Ochromolopis
genusOchromolopis
Phaulernis
genusPhaulernis
Gnathifera
genusGnathifera
Thambotricha
genusThambotricha
Paraepermenia
genusParaepermenia
Sinicaepermenia
genusSinicaepermenia
Temeluchella
genusTemeluchella
Cataplectica
genusCataplectica
Mesepermenia
genusMesepermenia
Sinicaepermania
genusSinicaepermania
Inuncus
genusInuncus
Africepermenia
genusAfricepermenia
Agiton
genusAgiton
Parachromolopis
genusParachromolopis
Parochromolopis
genusParochromolopis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173638.