Ethmia aurifluella

Ethmia aurifluella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ethmia
Species:
E. aurifluella
Binomial name
Ethmia aurifluella
(Hubner, 1810)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea aurifluella Hubner, 1810
  • Psecadia albarracinella Ragonot 1882
  • Ethmia cambyces Wiltshire 1947
  • Psecadia helvetica Muller-Rutz 1922

Ethmia aurifluella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Morocco, Asia Minor, Syria, Iran,[2] the Iberian Peninsula, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine and southern Russia.[3]

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in).[4]

The larvae feed on Thalictrum and Anchusa species.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "Ethmia at funet". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  3. ^ 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): 127. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ galerie-insecte.org


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