Africepermenia

Africepermenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Africepermenia
Gaedike, 2004
Species: A. tanzanica
Binomial name
Africepermenia tanzanica
Gaedike, 2004

Africepermenia is a monotypic genus of moths in the Epermeniidae family. Its sole species, Africepermenia tanzanica, was described by Gaedike in 2004.[1][2] It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.[3]

References

  1. Gaedike, R., 2004: New genera and species of epermeniid moths from the Afrotropical Region (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 41: 41–59.
  2. Gaedike, R., 2013: New or poorly known Epermeniidae of the Afrotropis (Lepidoptera, Epermenioidea). Beiträge zur Entomologie 63 (1): 149-168.
  3. Afro Moths


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