''Paraepermenia '' is a
monotypic moth genus in the family
Epermeniidae described by Reinhard Gaedike in 1968. Its only species, ''Paraepermenia santaliella'', the quandong moth, was described by the same author in the same year.
It is found in
Australia
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, where it has been recorded from
Victoria.
The larvae feed on the flowers of ''
Santalum acuminatum'' (quandong).
[, 1968: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/10(3)-599.pdf "Revision der ''Epermeniidae'' Australiens und Ozeaniens (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae)". ''Pacific Insects''. 10 (3-4): 599-627.]
References
Epermeniidae
Moths described in 1968
Moths of Australia
Monotypic moth genera
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