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Genus: | Paraepermenia Gaedike, 1968
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Species: | P. santaliella
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Paraepermenia santaliella Gaedike, 1968
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Paraepermenia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Epermeniidae described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1968. Its only species, Paraepermenia santaliella, the quandong moth, [1] was described by the same author in the same year. [2] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Santalum acuminatum (quandong). [3]
Paraepermenia | |
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Genus: | Paraepermenia Gaedike, 1968
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Species: | P. santaliella
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Paraepermenia santaliella Gaedike, 1968
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Paraepermenia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Epermeniidae described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1968. Its only species, Paraepermenia santaliella, the quandong moth, [1] was described by the same author in the same year. [2] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.
The larvae feed on the flowers of Santalum acuminatum (quandong). [3]