Ethmia quadrillella
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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:
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
from the family Ethmiidae
Ethmiidae
Ethmiidae is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.-Genera:...
, found in Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
.
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
Comfrey
Comfrey is an important herb in organic gardening. It is used as a fertilizer and also has many purported medicinal uses...
, forget-me-not
Forget-me-not
Myosotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae that are commonly called Forget-me-nots. Its common name was calqued from the French, "ne m'oubliez pas" and first used in English in c. 1532. Similar names and variations are found in many languages.-Description:There are...
and Pulmonaria officinalis
Pulmonaria officinalis
Pulmonaria officinalis, common name Lungwort or Common Lungwort, is an herbaceous evergreen perennial rhizomatous plant of the genus Pulmonaria, belonging to the family Boraginaceae-Etymology:...
.
Three subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
have been described:
- E. q. quadrillela – northern populations
- E. q. canuisella – southwestern populations (southern France, Italy)
- E. q. luctuosella – Asia MinorAsia MinorAsia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...
External links
- Recent sightings on waarneming.nl (in Dutch)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium