Mesepermenia
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''Mesepermenia'' is a
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
moth genus in the family
Epermeniidae Epermeniidae or the fringe-tufted moths is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order with about 14 genera. Previously they have been divided in two subfamilies Epermeniinae and Ochromolopinae (e.g. Common, 1990: 321) but this is no longer ma ...
described by Reinhard Gaedike in 2004. Its only species, ''Mesepermenia malgachica'', was described by the same author in the same year. It is found on
Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
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Moths described in 2004 Epermeniidae Monotypic moth genera Moths of Madagascar {{Epermenioidea-stub