Epermenia (Calotripis) exilis Meyrick, 1897

(Fig. 16)

Epermenia exilis Meyrick, 1897: 431; Gaedike, 1968: 614, figs 41–43, 51–52.

Material studied. New South Wales: 1 ♂, 33°58'S, 145°42'E, 1km NNW of Goolgowi, 5.v.1976, leg. I. F. B.

Common & E. D. Edwards, ANIC, 1 ♂, 2.7km NE of Queanbeyan, 670m, 10.xi.1974, leg. I. F. B. Common , ANIC, 1 ♂, 13km WSW of West Wyalong, 10.v.1974, leg. I. F. B. Common , ANIC, 1 ♂, Boyd R., 6.iii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson , ANIC, 2 ♀, Bonnet Bay, 3.ix.1979, leg. L. Willam & V. J. Robinson , ANIC, SDEI, 1 ♀, 3km SE of Menangle Park, 13.iv.1974, leg. E. D. Edwards , ANIC, 2 ♀, CSIRO Exp. Fam., Wilton, 19.xi.1973, 9.ii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson , ANIC, SDEI, 1 ♀, Barren Grounds Fauna Res., 26.x.1978, leg. V. J. Robinson , ANIC, 2 ♂, 3 ♀, Mt. Keira, 8.x., 19.xi.1975, 8.xii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson , ANIC, SDEI, 1 ♂, Bundanoon, 10.xii.1977, leg. V. J. Robinson & N. R. Badens , ANIC, 2 ♀, Bungonia, 6.xi.1971, leg. V. J. Robinson , 3 ♂, 1 ♀, Wollongong, 2., 7., 14.xii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson, ANIC, SDEI. South Australia: 1 ♀, Glenelg, 1.ix.1934, leg. J. O. Wilson , ANIC. Tasmania: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Pat’s River, Flander’s Is., 30.iv.1980, leg. P. B. McQuillan , ANIC, 1 ♂, Roger River Reserve, 20.x.1980, leg. P. B. McQuillan , ANIC, Victoria: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, East Gippsland, S of Cann River, Turra river camp, 1.i.2010, leg. A. Kallies, coll. Kallies , 1 ♂, 1♀, N-Bendigo, Wippstick Mallee, Greater Bendigo NP, 14.x.2014, leg. A. Kallies, P. Marriott, M. J. Hewish & S. Williams, coll. Kallies, SDEI, 1 ♂, Wilsons Promontory NP, heathy woodland, N of Darby Saddle, 27.x.2011, leg. A. Kallies & P. Marriott , SDEI, 2 ♂, Wilsons Promontory NP, Stockyard Camp, 38°51'28"S, 146°16'36"E, 4.xi.2012, leg. A. & H. Kallies, coll. Kallies.

Distribution. Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia (first record), Tasmania (first record), Victoria (Gaedike, 1968, 1972).

Bionomics. Larvae in fruit capsules of Bursaria spinosa Cav. (Gaedike, 1968)