Ethmia candidella
| Ethmia candidella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Ethmiidae (disputed) |
| Genus: | Ethmia |
| Species: | E. candidella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ethmia candidella (Alpheraky, 1908)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ethmia candidella is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in North Africa, southern Europe and the Middle East.[2]
The larvae of ssp. candidella feed on Lithospermum species (including Lithospermum purpureocaeruleum), Cerinthe major, Borago officinalis and Asperugo procumbens, while the larvae of ssp. wiltshirei have only been recorded on Asperugo procumbens.
Subspecies
- Ethmia candidella candidella (Morocco, western Algeria, Spain, southern France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Macedonia, S.Russia, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Transcaspia)
- Ethmia candidella delicatella de Lattin, 1963 (Algeria, Tunisia)
- Ethmia candidella wiltshirei de Lattin, 1963 (north-western Iran)
- Ethmia candidella farinatella de Lattin, 1963 (Turkestan)