Epermenia anacantha

Epermenia anacantha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Epermenia
Species:	E. anacantha
Binomial name
	Epermenia anacantha; Meyrick, 1917

Epermenia anacantha is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light fuscous or greyish ochreous, the base suffused with fine dark fuscous irroration (sprinkling) and the margins with a faint coarse strigulation of dark fuscous specks. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia anacantha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 69. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia anacantha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.

[2] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 69. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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