Ethmia quadrillella

Ethmia quadrillella


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Ethmia
Species:	E. quadrillella
Binomial name
*Ethmia quadrillella* (Goeze, 1783)
Synonyms
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. afflatella Fuchs, 1903 Psecadia funerella var. canuisella Millière, 1867 Psecadia funerella ab. disjuncta Dufrane, 1942 Psecadia luctuosella Herrich-Schäffer, [1854] Tinea funerella Fabricius, 1787 Tinea inversella Fourcroy, 1785

Ethmia quadrillella is a moth from the family Depressariidae, found in Eurasia.

A piece of Symphytum officinale leaf eaten by larva

Larva

The wingspan of the moth ranges from 15–19 mm. 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) and lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis).

Three subspecies have been described:

E. q. quadrillela – northern populations
E. q. canuisella (Millière, 1867) – southwestern populations (southern France, Italy)
E. q. luctuosella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) – Asia Minor

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