Epermenia exilis Meyrick, 1897
Shark Moth
EPERMENIIDAE,   EPERMENIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Epermenia exilis
(Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith, at Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

This adult moth has brown forewings, each with a vague incomplete split orangish stripe, and a wide scattering of dark dots, including a series of four dark dots along the hind margin. The hindwings are grey, becoming brown towards the wingtips. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

Epermenia exilis
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

  • New South Wales, and
  • South Australia.


    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII Elachistidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 22 (1897), p. 431, No. 253.


    previous
    back
    caterpillar
    Australian
    Australian Butterflies
    butterflies
    Australian
    home
    Lepidoptera
    Australian
    Australian Moths
    moths
    next
    next
    caterpillar

    (written 16 April 2017, updated 12 April 2022)