Ethmia quadrillella

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Ethmia quadrillella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. quadrillella
Binomial name
Ethmia quadrillella
(Goeze, 1783)
Synonyms [1]
List
  • Erminea funerea( lapsus )
  • Ethmia afflatella(Fuchs, 1903)
  • Ethmia canuisella(Millière, 1867)
  • Ethmia disjuncta(Dufrane, 1942)
  • Ethmia funerella(Fabricius, 1787)
  • Ethmia luctuosella(Herrich-Schäffer, [1854])
  • Psecadia canusiella(lapsus)
  • Psecadia funerella var. afflatellaFuchs, 1903
  • Psecadia funerella var. canuisellaMillière, 1867
  • Psecadia funerella ab. disjunctaDufrane, 1942
  • Psecadia luctuosellaHerrich-Schäffer, [1854]
  • Tinea funerellaFabricius, 1787
  • Tinea inversellaFourcroy, 1785

Ethmia quadrillella is a moth belonging to the family Depressariidae, subfamily Ethmiinae.

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Subspecies

Three subspecies have been described: [2]

Distribution

This species can be found in Eurasia. [2]

Habitat

This species mainly inhabits unmanaged meadows, hedge rows and rough grasslands. [3] [4]

Description

The wingspan of the moth ranges from 15–19 mm (0.59–0.75 in). [5] The basic color of wings is white, with large black markings.

Biology

The flight time ranges from May to mid September in one or two generations. The host plants are comfrey (genus Symphytum), forget-me-not (genus Myosotis) [4] and lungwort ( Pulmonaria officinalis ). [5] Larvae overwinter in a cocoon amongst leaf litter. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Lepiforum
  2. 1 2 Fauna europaea
  3. 1 2 LOT, moths and butterflies
  4. 1 2 Commanster
  5. 1 2 UK Moths


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