''Phaulernis'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s 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 ...
.
Species
* ''
Phaulernis africana''
Gaedike, 2013
* ''
Phaulernis chasanica''
Gaedike, 1993
* ''
Phaulernis dentella''
(Zeller, 1839) (originally in ''Aechmia'')
* ''
Phaulernis fulviguttella''
(Zeller, 1839) (originally in ''Cataplectica'')
* ''
Phaulernis laserinella''
J. Nel, 2003
* ''
Phaulernis montuosa''
Gaedike, 2013
* ''
Phaulernis pulchra''
Gaedike, 1993
* ''
Phaulernis rebeliella''
Gaedike, 1966
* ''
Phaulernis statariella''
(Heyden, 1863) (originally in ''
Heydenia'')
Former species
* ''
Phaulernis auromaculata''
(Frey, 1867) (originally in ''Oecophora'')
* ''
Phaulernis laserpitiella''
(Pfaffenzeller, 1870) (originally in ''Heydenia'')
* ''
Phaulernis monticola''
Inoue et al., 1982
* ''
Phaulernis silerinella''
(Rebel, 1916) (originally in ''Epermenia'')
* ''
Phaulernis silerinella''
(Zeller, 1868) (originally in ''Heydenia'')
* ''
Phaulernis subdentella''
(Stainton, 1849) (originally in ''Aechmia'')
References
* & , 2005: Faunistics of the Epermeniidae from the former USSR (Epermeniidae). ''Nota Lepidopterologica'', 28 (2): 123—138. Full article
* 2013: New or poorly known Epermeniidae of the Afrotropis (Lepidoptera, Epermenioidea). ''Beiträge zur Entomologie'' 63(1): 149-168. Abstract
* , 2006: ''Epermeniidae'' of Japan (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea), with descriptions of six new species. ''Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan'' 57(1): 49-69. Abstract and full article
* , 2003: Description de quatre nouvelles espèces de Microlépidoptères découvertes dans le Midi de la France (Lepidoptera, Tineidae, Gelechiidae, Epermenidae). ''Revue Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie'', 12 (2): 46-53.
Epermeniidae
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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