Paraepermenia
Monotypic moth genus found in Australia
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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.
| Paraepermenia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Paraepermenia Gaedike, 1968 |
| Species: | P. santaliella |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraepermenia santaliella Gaedike, 1968 | |
The larvae feed on the flowers of Santalum acuminatum (quandong).[3]