Ethmia dodecea
Ethmia dodecea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Ethmiidae |
Genus: | Ethmia |
Species: | E. dodecea |
Binomial name | |
Ethmia dodecea (Haworth, [1828]) | |
Synonyms | |
Erminea decemguttella (Hübner, [1810]) |
Ethmia dodecea is a moth of the family Ethmiidae. It is found in Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, the south-western, southern and eastern European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, western Kazakhstan and Siberia.[1]
A sprig of Lithospermum officinale eaten by larva
Larva
The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Lithospermum officinale.