New species of Epermeniidae from Africa with a distributional checklist of the family for the Afrotropical Region (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea)

By

Gaedike, Reinhard

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-7-31

Original Publication

Beiträge zur Entomologie

Volume

72

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

67--73

Subjects

Epermeniidae , new species , South Africa , Uganda

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Akademie-Verlag 1951-1997

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.72.e87214

 

Abstract

The material collected in Asante Sana contains three species, one of them, Epermenia lutulenta, is a new species. Additionally are described as new: Epermenia aureomaculata; Epermenia nigrodentata; Ochromolopis cederbergensis and Ochromolopis lobata. New country records are established for Phaulernis montuosa Gaedike, 2013 (Uganda) and for Ochromolopis namibica Gaedike, 2004 ( South Africa).<br>