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Epermenia stolidota
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Epermenia
Species:	E. stolidota
Binomial name
Epermenia stolidota (Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
Acanthedra stolidota Meyrick, 1917

Epermenia stolidota is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Arizona.

The wingspan is 20-22 mm. The forewings are whitish ocherous, between the veins more ocherous and irrorated (speckled) with light gray and a few blackish scales. The stigmata are small and black and the plical elongate, very obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are light gray.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Epermenia stolidota​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
2. Gaedike, Reinhard (2008). "New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 151: 57–64.
3. "520004.00 – 2326 – Epermenia stolidota – (Meyrick, 1917)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
4. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 66 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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