''Gnathifera'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
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 ...
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Species
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Gnathifera acacivorella
''Gnathifera acacivorella'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1968. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.
Larvae have been reported feeding in galls on ''Acacia
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Gaedike, 1968 (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') (Australia)
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Gnathifera aphronesa''
(Meyrick, 1897) (originally in ''Epermenia'') (Australia: Tasmania)
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Gnathifera australica''
(Gaedike, 1968) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') (Australia)
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Gnathifera bidentella'' (Australia)
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Gnathifera bipunctata''
(Gaedike, 1968) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') (Australia)
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Gnathifera queenslandi''
(Gaedike, 1968) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'')
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Gnathifera eurybias
''Gnathifera eurybias'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.
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(Meyrick, 1897) (originally in ''Epermenia'') (Australia: Tasmania)
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Gnathifera hollowayi
''Gnathifera hollowayi'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1981. It is found in New Caledonia
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Gaedike, 1981
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Gnathifera opsias
''Gnathifera opsias'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.
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(Meyrick, 1897) (originally in ''Epermenia'') (Australia: Tasmania)
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Gnathifera paraphronesa
''Gnathifera paraphronesa'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1968. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales
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(Gaedike, 1968) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'')
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Gnathifera paropsias
''Gnathifera paropsias'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1972. It is found in Australia
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(Gaedike, 1972) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') (Australia)
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Gnathifera proserga
''Gnathifera proserga'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa
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(Meyrick, 1913)
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Gnathifera pseudaphronesa
''Gnathifera pseudaphronesa'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1972. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales
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(Gaedike, 1972) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') (Australia)
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Gnathifera punctata
''Gnathifera punctata'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Reinhard Gaedike in 2013. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Northern Cape
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Gaedike, 2013
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Gnathifera uptonella
''Gnathifera uptonella'' is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1968. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory
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(Gaedike, 1968) (originally in ''Ochromolopis'') (Australia)
References
* , 2004: New genera and species of epermeniid moths from the Afrotropical Region (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). ''Annals of the Transvaal Museum'' 41: 41–59.
* 2013: New or poorly known Epermeniidae of the Afrotropis (Lepidoptera, Epermenioidea). ''
Beiträge zur Entomologie'' 63(1): 149-168. Abstract
Epermeniidae
Moth genera
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