An overview of the Romanian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera, Epermenioidea) summarizing the current knowledge in an annotated checklist

An up-to-date assessment of the Romanian Epermeniidae fauna is presented. A total of 16 Epermeniidae species are currently accepted and one species, Ochromolopis staintonella (Millière, 1869), is excluded from the checklist. Three species are recorded in Romania for the first time: Phaleurnis statariella (Heyden, 1863), Epermenia (Calotripis) falciformis (Haworth, 1828) and Epermenia (Epermenia) ochreomaculella (Millière, 1854). The presence of two species requires confirmation: Phaulernis dentella (Zeller, 1839) and Epermenia (Cataplectica) profugella (Stainton, 1856). A total of eight additions and other corrections are provided for the regional distribution of the Romanian fauna. We recommend that the information about the Epermeniidae in the latest Romanian checklist (Rákosy & Goia 2021) is replaced by that in this publication.