Ethmia pyrausta

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Ethmia pyrausta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. pyrausta
Binomial name
Ethmia pyrausta
(Pallas, 1771)
Synonyms

Crambus niger( lapsus )
Chalybe pyraustella(lapsus)
Ethmia atropunctella(Thunberg, 1788)
Ethmia nigrella(Fabricius, 1775)
Phalaena pyraustaPallas, 1771
Tinea atropunctellaThunberg, 1788
Tinea nigrellaFabricius, 1775

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Ethmia pyrausta is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in northern Scandinavia and adjacent Russia, as well as in China and Mongolia. [1] The species is sometimes referred to as being "mythical", because it is so rarely encountered outside its remote native range. It is scarce resident in the UK [2] and also found occasionally in other areas in Northern Europe. [1]

Description and ecology

It has black wings and a "hairy" orange body with a wingspan of 17–23 mm (0.67–0.91 in).

Larva live in a thin silky spin between the leaves and flowers of Thalictrum aquilegiifolium , Thalictrum simplex and Thalictrum flavum . There is evidence of breeding in the UK, with larvae found in Easter Ross in 2014. [3]

Sightings in the UK

They were first recorded in the Shin Valley in 1853. Two were found in 1996 on the top of Glas Maol in the Grampians with a further two found nearby.

In June 2008 an adult Ethmia pyrausta moth was discovered in Easter Ross, by Andy Scott and Margaret Currie after finding it trapped in a spider web. [4]

It has since been found in numbers in Easter Ross, with 15 sightings in early 2015. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Nupponen, K. (March 2015). "Interesting records of Ethmiinae from the former USSR, with description of Ethmia ustyurtensis Nupponen, sp. n. from Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Elachistidae)". SHILAP Revta Lepid. 43 (169): 128. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. "Ethmia Pyrausta". UKMoths. 2021-08-31.
  3. Ethmia pyrausta (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Ethmiidae)
  4. BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | 'Mythical' moth rescued from web
  5. "Rare Moth Found in Scottish Highlands". Butterfly Conservation.