Ethmia quadrillella
| Ethmia quadrillella |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Ethmiidae |
| Genus: |
Ethmia |
| Species: |
E. quadrillella |
| Binomial name |
Ethmia quadrillella
(Goeze, 1783) |
| Synonyms |
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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
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Ethmia quadrillella is a moth from the family Ethmiidae, found in Eurasia.
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, forget-me-not and Pulmonaria officinalis.
Three subspecies have been described:
- E. q. quadrillela – northern populations
- E. q. canuisella – southwestern populations (southern France, Italy)
- E. q. luctuosella – Asia Minor
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