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Chalk-hill lance-wing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Epermenia
Species:	E. insecurella
Binomial name
Epermenia insecurella (Stainton, 1854)
Synonyms
List Elachista insecurella Stainton, 1854 Epermenia insecurellus Elachista dentosella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Epermenia dentosella Epermenia plumbeella Rebel, 1915

Epermenia insecurella, the chalk-hill lance-wing, is a moth of the family Epermeniidae. It is found in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Near East and Mongolia.

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The moths fly during the day and can be found on the wing in two generations, between May and August

The larvae feed on bastard-toadflax (Thesium humifusum) and Thesium inophyllon. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

1. "Epermenia (Calotripis) insecurella (Stainton, 1854)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
2. Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae) Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
3. "47.003 [B&F: 0482] Epermenia insecurella (Stainton, 1849)". Hants Moths. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
4. Kimber, Ian. "Epermenia insecurella (Stainton, 1849)". UKmoths. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
5. Ellis, W N. "Epermenia insecurella (Stainton, 1854)". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

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• Epermeniidae
• Leaf miners
• Moths described in 1854
• Moths of Asia
• Moths of Europe
• Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton
• Epermenioidea stubs