List of moths of Australia (Epermeniidae)
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This is a list of the Australian species of the Family
Epermeniidae
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
The following species belongs to the subfamily Ochromolopinae, but has not been assigned to a genus yet. Given here is the original name given to the species when it was first described:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Epermeniidae
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 Previously they have been divided in two subfamilies Epermeniinae and Ochromolopinae but this is no longer maintained since the last group is probably hierarchically nested within the first...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Epermeniinae
- Agiton idioptila Turner, 1926
- Epermenia commonella Gaedike, 1968
- Epermenia exilis Meyrick, 1897
- Epermenia tasmanica Gaedike, 1968
- Epermenia trileucota Meyrick, 1921
- Paraepermenia santaliella Gaedike, 1968
Ochromolopinae
- Gnathifera acacivorella (Gaedike, 1968)
- Gnathifera aphronesa (Meyrick, 1897)
- Gnathifera australica (Gaedike, 1968)
- Gnathifera bidentata (Gaedike, 1968)
- Gnathifera bipunctata (Gaedike, 1968)
- Gnathifera eurybias (Meyrick, 1897)
- Gnathifera opsias (Meyrick, 1897)
- Gnathifera paraphronesa (Gaedike, 1968)
- Gnathifera paropsias (Gaedike, 1972)
- Gnathifera pseudaphronesa (Gaedike, 1972)
- Gnathifera queenslandi (Gaedike, 1968)
- Gnathifera uptonella (Gaedike, 1968)
- Ochromolopis cornutifera (Gaedike, 1968)
The following species belongs to the subfamily Ochromolopinae, but has not been assigned to a genus yet. Given here is the original name given to the species when it was first described:
- Epermenia epispora Meyrick, 1897
- Epermenia xeranta Meyrick, 1917