Ethmia candidella

Updated on Dec 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Depressariidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Ethmia
Similar Ethmia pusiella, Ethmia chrysopyga, Ethmia dodecea, Ethmia quadrillella, Ethmia

Ethmia candidella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in North Africa, southern Europe and the Middle East.

The larvae of subspecies candidella feed on Lithospermum species (including Lithospermum purpureocaeruleum), Cerinthe major, Borago officinalis and Asperugo procumbens, while the larvae of subspecies 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)

References

Ethmia candidella Wikipedia

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